Two Live Attenuated Vaccines against Recent Low–and Highly Pathogenic H7N9 Influenza Viruses Are Safe and Immunogenic in Ferrets This paper was originally published in Vaccines and is being distributed by Global Biodefense [Read more]
To enable a rapid vaccine response during a severe outbreak or pandemic, there is a pressing need for a potency test that is rapid and has sufficient sensitivity to track potency in [Read more]
With hopes of making one dose of an inactivated H7N9 vaccine fully protective, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have successfully tested a prime-boost concept in a [Read more]
In a phase 2 trial that included nearly 1,000 adults, the AS03 and MF59 adjuvants increased the immune responses to two doses of an inactivated H7N9 influenza vaccine, with AS03-adjuvanted formulations inducing [Read more]
A recent study with Kansas State University researchers details vaccine development for two new strains of avian influenza found in other countries that can be transmitted from poultry to humans. Those strains [Read more]
Influenza has a long history of being one of the most deadly diseases to afflict humanity, but what exactly makes it so dangerous? Certainly one reason is that influenza viruses have a [Read more]
As our ability to assess the pandemic risk from strains of influenza virus increases with the latest scientific developments, we must not allow ourselves to become complacent that the most substantial threats [Read more]
An experimental vaccine to protect people against H7N9 avian influenza prompted immune responses in 59 percent of volunteers who received two injections at the lowest dosage tested, but only if the vaccine [Read more]
DoD broadens, updates strategy for countering WMD | Anthrax? That’s not the real worry | Resurgence of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases | U.S. government scientists retrace events leading to anthrax breach | Planning [Read more]
Global health leaders again put off verdict on eliminating smallpox | Ebola cases in Sierra Leone triple, to 50 | Novel heartland virus responsible for two deaths in the US | Finding [Read more]
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