http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/ News and Analysis from the World of Science Policy en Copyright 2010 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:34:37 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification by Dennis Normile While the world's flu fighters have concentrated on countering the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, avian influenza H5N1 has quietly continued to take its toll on both poultry and humans. Last year, 17 countries, stretching from Côte d'Ivoire... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/01/h5n1-forgotten.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/01/h5n1-forgotten.html Asia Biomedicine Swine Flu H5N1 swine flu Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:34:37 -0500 by Martin Enserink The chief flu scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) today defended his agency against criticism that the H1N1 swine flu pandemic was "fake," that its threat to human health was hyped, and that WHO's policies were... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/01/facing-inquiry.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/01/facing-inquiry.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Top Story Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:27:53 -0500 by Martin Enserink AMSTERDAM—The Netherlands is selling the bulk of its H1N1 pandemic vaccine supply. Some 19 million doses of the 34 million doses that the government has ordered from manufacturers Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline are now for sale, Health Minister... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/for-sale-19-mil.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/for-sale-19-mil.html Europe Swine Flu Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:13:39 -0500 by Jon Cohen As public health officials have stressed since the swine flu pandemic surfaced last April, influenza is unpredictable. But one thing is predictable: pandemic influenza viruses come in waves that typically peak about 6 to 7 weeks after... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/h1n1-has-the-se.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/h1n1-has-the-se.html Swine Flu Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:02:35 -0500 by Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink First the bad news: Revised estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that the novel H1N1 virus has spread much further in the country and taken a far greater toll... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/new-estimates-s.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/new-estimates-s.html Swine Flu Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:02:21 -0500 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