Vaccine may treat many bird flu strains
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A potential flu pandemic vaccine based on one strain of the H5N1 bird flu works against other versions of the virus as well, the vaccine's manufacturer said Monday.
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Building a stockpile of bird flu vaccine would help ensure poor countries do not lose out if a flu virus starts killing people worldwide, the World Health Organization's top flu official said Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Exercising the muscle where a flu shot is injected may improve the immune system's response to the vaccine, UK researchers report.
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Public health experts in Hong Kong are urging governments to stretch limited stockpiles of bird flu vaccines and lower the dosage used, arguing that such a strategy would reduce overall infection rates.
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China will vaccinate billions of domestic poultry over the next few months to guard against an outbreak of bird flu this spring, when the virus is at its most contagious, state media reported on Monday.
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Roche AG&#39;s Tamiflu anti-influenza drug has been proven to work against H5N1, the strain of the avian flu virus that the World Health Organization says could be the source of a deadly flu pandemic.
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Chiron Corp. has won a contract to  develop a human vaccine against a strain of bird flu that can  infect people and "has the potential to trigger a modern-day  pandemic," the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
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BANGKOK  - Thailand plans to produce 100 million doses of bird flu vaccine to use on chickens if an outbreak that has left at least 11 people dead in the kingdom runs out of control, officials said Monday.
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Experts have called for closer study of less lethal strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus because they might be more likely candidates to spark an influenza pandemic.
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A laboratory in China says it has discovered a deadly strain of the bird flu in pigs, raising concern among scientists that the virus may be closer to changing into a form that is more easily transmittable to humans.
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Bangkok (VNA) - Thailand on Monday announced that it plans to produce 100 million doses of bird flu vaccine if the outbreak cannot be controlled.
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TORONTO (CP) - A single dose of flu vaccine could be stretched to protect as many as five people if split into smaller doses and delivered directly into the skin rather than into the muscle of the upper arm, two studies rushed to print Wednesday suggest.
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BANGKOK: Thailand plans to produce 100 million doses of bird flu vaccine to use on chickens if an outbreak that has left at least 11 people dead in the kingdom runs out of control, officials said Monday.
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The annual influenza vaccine can protect against illness even if it isn't perfectly attuned to the flu strain going around, researchers said in a finding that may have implications for protecting people against bird flu.
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Scientists say initial studies show promising results for a vaccine which could combat a common type of bacteria.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO) influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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Human trials suggest a single jab could give lifelong protection against all types of flu.