Lifting the Mutant Influenza Research Moratorium
Several dozen of the world’s leading influenza scientists agreed at the beginning of the year to voluntarily honor a moratorium ...
Tag: Influenza
New Study Estimates Swine Flu Pandemic Killed Over 284,500 People
The World Health Organization official death toll of the 2009 swine flu pandemic was numbered at 18,500. That figure was ...
BARDA Multi-BAA Pre-Proposal Conference for CBRN, Influenza Countermeasures
The Biological Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has confirmed a July 16, 2012 Pre-Proposal Conference in Washington D.C. to ...
Dual Use Research of Concern: Fouchier H5N1 Study Finally Published
Dutch virologist Ron Fouchier has been at the center of the debate on Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) since last ...
Emergent Biosolutions, Novartis, Texas A&M to Lead New Biodefense Centers
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week awarded major contracts to establish three new “Centers for Innovation ...
DoD Influenza Surveillance Support Contract Awarded in Thailand
The U.S. Army has issued a sole source contract award in support of collaborative infectious disease studies to Phramongkutkloa Hospital (PMK) ...
Controversial H5N1 Bird Flu Study Published
One of two controversial studies on H5N1 avian influenza transmissibility has finally been published, appearing yesterday in the online journal ...
BARDA Influenza Drug Awardee Biota Relocating to U.S.
Australian drug development company Biota announced on Monday that it will be moving to the United States and merging with ...
New North American Pandemic Influenza Plan Released
A joint plan between the United States, Canada and Mexico for pandemic influenza preparedness was released this week during the ...
Study Reveals Highjacked Genetic Regulators in Influenza Viruses
In a study published this week in the Journal of Virology, University of British Columbia researchers identified a number of ...
BARDA Extends Deadline for Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Proposals
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), under the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), has extended the ...
MediVector Receives $135.5M DTRA Award
MediVector, Inc., a privately held drug development company in Boston, is being awarded a $138,500,000 contract under a DoD Joint ...
Senate Reauthorizes Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2006 (PAHPA, S. 1855) on March ...
Video of Expert Panel Discussing H5N1 Research
A robust panel of speakers chaired a forum this morning at the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Meeting ...
