http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/ News and Analysis from the World of Science Policy en Copyright 2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:46:09 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification by Jon Cohen Concern appears to be rising at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about people in lower risk groups cutting in line to receive the limited supplies of H1N1 vaccine. A letter sent today from CDC... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/swine-flu-vacci-2.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/swine-flu-vacci-2.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:46:09 -0500 by Jon Cohen With reporting by Martin Enserink. Although the world’s attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped up in many East Asian countries—and some variants... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/sick-of-swine-f.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/sick-of-swine-f.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Top Story Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:37:14 -0500 by Martin Enserink It's a promise: 10% of the 250 million doses of H1N1 vaccine purchased by the United States will be donated to help poor countries. But when is still unclear. At a press conference today, Thomas Frieden, head... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/when-will-us-gi.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/when-will-us-gi.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:18:25 -0500 by Martin Enserink As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic marches on, western countries have begun vaccinating their most vulnerable populations against the virus. But many countries in the developing world lack the resources to buy the vaccine. With charitable donations... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/the-challenge-o.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/the-challenge-o.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:22:01 -0500 by Jon Cohen U.S. policymakers erred on the side of caution in September when they recommended that children under 10 need two doses of the swine flu vaccine to develop a strong enough immune response to protect them from the... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/2-shots-for-kid.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/2-shots-for-kid.html Biomedicine Swine Flu swine flu Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:14:56 -0500 by Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink Health officials today reiterated that the novel H1N1 virus continues to spread rapidly around temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, hospitalizing and killing an unusual number of children, young adults, and pregnant women. The... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/swine-flu-sprea-1.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/swine-flu-sprea-1.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:46:48 -0500 http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/how-swine-flu-v.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/how-swine-flu-v.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:46 -0500 by Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink The prospect that Americans will receive the swine flu vaccine in time to protect them from this second wave of the U.S. epidemic continues to dim. With the pandemic virus showing "widespread activity" in... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/pandemic-vaccin-2.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/pandemic-vaccin-2.html Swine Flu Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:34:34 -0500 by Jon Cohen A new analysis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of severe disease caused by the novel H1N1 virus again emphasizes that people under 65 suffer the bulk of hospitalizations and deaths from the... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/novel-h1n1-cont.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/novel-h1n1-cont.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:49:28 -0500 by Martin EnserinkAs the number of swine flu cases burgeons in the United States, vaccine is coming online much slower than the government had anticipated. Vaccine manufacturers have notified officials that they can't make good on their targets, Anne Schuchat,... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/pandemic-vaccin-1.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/pandemic-vaccin-1.html Swine Flu Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:17:46 -0500 Scientists and policymakers are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, this week as part of the international DIVERSITAS program of biodiversity science. 300 farmers in 60 locations across Benin have signed up as part of a program supported by the... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/roundup-1013-em.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/roundup-1013-em.html Europe Swine Flu Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:55:03 -0500 by Jon Cohen As the availability of swine flu vaccine steadily increases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up its efforts to combat a growing sense of complacency in the country about the pandemic. At a... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/cdc-get-your-sw.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/cdc-get-your-sw.html Biomedicine Swine Flu swine flu Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:40:17 -0500 http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/roundup-108-aro.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/roundup-108-aro.html Swine Flu Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:51:29 -0500 by Jon Cohen As predicted, the U.S. government has started to deliver a small amount of swine flu vaccines to states this week, and states are wrestling with how to decide who should receive the limited supply first. But plans... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/slowly-but-sure.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/slowly-but-sure.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Top Story Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:25:18 -0500 by Jon Cohen Next winter in the Southern Hemisphere, influenza vaccines should no longer be designed to protect against the seasonal H1N1 strain as the pandemic H1N1 strain has replaced it, according to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations issued today.... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/09/who-simplifies.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/09/who-simplifies.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:10:05 -0500