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Universal flu vaccine a step closer as scientists create experimental jabs
Annual vaccinations could be a thing of the past as scientists have successfully tested vaccines on animals infected with different strains of influenzaA universal flu vaccine that protects against multiple strains of the virus is a step closer after scientists created experimental jabs that work in animals.The vaccines prevented deaths or reduced symptoms in mice, ferrets and monkeys infected with different types of flu, raising hopes for a reliable alternative to the seasonal vaccine. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 25, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample, science editor Tags: Medical research Science Flu Vaccines and immunisation Biology Microbiology Flu pandemic Health Bird flu Swine flu Source Type: news

Researchers 'a step closer' to universal flu vaccine
Conclusion These studies have developed two different flu vaccines that could potentially offer broader protection against a variety of flu strains than current vaccines. As yet, this research has only been conducted in animals, with one study showing an effect against different flu strains in mice and monkeys, and the other showing an effect in mice and ferrets. As monkeys are more similar to humans than mice or ferrets, the results from these experiments are likely to be the most representative of what would happen in humans. While the results are encouraging, it is likely that additional lab and animal research on bo...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Medication Heart/lungs Swine flu Source Type: news

Is a universal flu vaccine on the horizon?
Two teams develop new methods that protect against H5N1 (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - August 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

USDA moves to build poultry vaccine stockpile for bird flu return
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it has put out a request for proposals to help the nation's veterinarians have access to bird flu vaccines for poultry this fall, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Bird flu vaccine developed for chickens
USDA says vaccine protects chickens and is being tested in turkeys amid outbreak that's killed millions of birds (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

USDA Says Bird Flu Vaccine Works on Chickens
(DES MOINES, Iowa)—Scientists have developed a vaccine strain that has tested 100% effective in protecting chickens from bird flu and testing is underway to see if it also protects turkeys, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Agriculture Committee at a hearing on Wednesday. If it does, the agency plans to quickly license it for widespread production and is seeking funding from the Office of Management and Budget to stockpile it nationally. “Hopefully we’ll be able to get a lot of folks working collaboratively together and we stockpile enough so that if this does hit and hits us hard we&#...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - July 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matkatz Tags: Uncategorized Food Source Type: news

Virus-like particle vaccine protects mice from many flu strains
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A vaccine that protects against a wide variety of influenza viruses (a so-called universal flu vaccine) is a critical public health goal given the significant rates of illness and death caused by seasonal influenza and the potentially devastating effects of a pandemic influenza strain. Now, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, have devised a way to induce protective immunity in mice against a wide array of influenza viruses. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Can We Wean Our Future Food Off Antibiotics?
Poultry probiotics may help wean chickens off regular doses of antibiotics. (Getty) Each year, at least 23,000 Americans die from drug-resistant infections carried by so-called superbugs -- pathogens that were once easily treatable but that can now withstand modern medicine's full arsenal of antibiotics. And if recent forecasts are correct, it could get a lot worse. Superbugs could in fact surpass cancer as a leading cause of death by 2050, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with a number of leading scientists, have warned that the misuse an...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

North Korea Claims It Has Found Cure For MERS, Ebola, SARS And AIDS
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has succeeded where the greatest minds in science have failed. The authoritarian, impoverished nation better known for pursuing a nuclear program despite global criticism announced Friday it has a drug can prevent and cure MERS, Ebola, SARS and AIDS. The secretive state did not provide proof, and the claim is likely to provoke widespread skepticism. The official Korean Central News Agency said scientists developed Kumdang-2 from ginseng grown from fertilizer mixed with rare-earth elements. According to the pro-North Korea website Minjok Tongshin, the drug was originally pr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 19, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Four out of ten Brits may naturally show fewer flu symptoms
ConclusionA study of 1,414 unvaccinated people showed those with T cells targeting virus nucleoprotein still got infected by flu, but had fewer symptoms. The logic is that people with fewer symptoms are less likely to spread the virus through coughs and sneezes, which may slow the spread of both seasonal and pandemic flu strains.This is plausible, but was not directly tested in this study, so we don't know if it's true in real life. The research team suggested vaccines that boost T cell numbers might be worth exploring, as an alternative to those that try to stop virus infection altogether. An added potential benefit of th...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Medical practice Medication Swine flu Source Type: news

Bird flu vaccine, under development, divides U.S. poultry industry
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The death of more than 46 million chickens and turkeys in a bird flu outbreak is opening a rare fissure within the usually tight-knit U.S. poultry industry, pitting farmers with infected flocks against those who so far largely have sidestepped the worst outbreak in U.S. history. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

U.S. Suffers Egg Shortage In Wake Of Avian Flu Outbreak
(Corrects French industry group name, shows it referred to Dutch interest, not farm ministry spokesman) * Some food companies scout for egg supplies abroad * About 30 pct of egg supply used by U.S. bakeries impacted * Dutch, French companies seeking U.S. approval to export eggs By P.J. Huffstutter and Bill Berkrot CHICAGO/NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - As a virulent avian influenza outbreak continues to spread across the Midwestern United States, some egg-dependent companies are contemplating drastic steps - importing eggs from overseas or lookin...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Vaccines developed for H5N1, H7N9 avian influenza strains
Researchers have developed vaccines for H5N1 and H7N9, two new strains of avian influenza that can be transmitted from poultry to humans. The strains have led to the culling of millions of commercial chickens and turkeys as well as the death of hundreds of people. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 22, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Vaccines developed for H5N1, H7N9 avian influenza strains
(Kansas State University) Researchers have developed vaccines for H5N1 and H7N9, two new strains of avian influenza that can be transmitted from poultry to humans. The strains have led to the culling of millions of commercial chickens and turkeys as well as the death of hundreds of people. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Universal flu vaccine closer to reality after Chinese-Australian scientific breakthrough
Scientists in Australia and China have discovered how the body's "assassin" immunity cells memorise viruses, raising hopes for a life-long flu jab (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - May 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: bird flu influenza china white bloog cells vaccine australia Source Type: news