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Demonstrate value of informal data in producing comprehensive real-time global health picture; identify disparities in international public health systems BOSTON, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As H1N1 began to emerge in April 2009, HealthMap - an automated online disease tracking and mapping tool created by researchers in the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital Boston - was already collecting information about the virus and plotting that information on a map of the globe, creating...
After studying the interactions of human and animal populations in Africa, Kathleen Alexander, associate professor of wildlife science in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources, found powerful evidence of how human behavior can influence the emergence of infectious disease in humans and animals.Although human behavior is frequently cited as a factor that influences disease emergence events, most behavioral research has focused on the pathogen, the reservoir hosts (animals populations...
This week in PLoS Medicine we continue our series on Global Health Diplomacy with a case study examining whether the SARS epidemic was a "watershed" for China's engagement in global health diplomacy. The case study, by Lai-Ha Chan from the University of Technology Sydney and colleagues from Peking University, is the third in six articles in the series.Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was the first global epidemic of the 21st Century, causing mass panic but also generating a...
SAN DIEGO, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AEMD), the pioneer in developing therapeutic filtration devices to address infectious disease and cancer, announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Joyce, will present at the Rodman & Renshaw 6th Annual Global Healthcare Conference at 2:00 p.m. BST on Tuesday, May 18th. The event will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, UK. Additional information can be accessed...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital staff helps investigators gauge the lingering impact of the 1976 vaccineNew evidence shows immunization against "swine flu" in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research from St. Jude investigators.Researchers found that individuals who reported receiving the 1976 vaccine mounted an enhanced immune response against both the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus and a different...
Twitter, the popular social networking and microblogging website, could be used as an early warning system for pandemics or epidemics, claim researchers from City University in London.The experts, who presented their findings to the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Vienna, discovered that three million "tweets" posted between May and December of 2009 contained the word "flu," according to an April 13 AFP article. "The...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a probe into the handling of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic, studying response to the outbreak to find out what worked and what did not work in order to better apply those lessons to future global medical emergencies, according to Monday media reports.According to the WHO, the United Nations health agency, H1N1 was the first flu pandemic in over four decades and killed more than 17,000 people in 200 counties.However, according to an April 12...
SAN DIEGO, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- NexBio, Inc. announced today the publication in the Journal of Infectious Diseases of a preclinical study suggesting that treatment with DAS181 (Fludase®) may reduce the risk of secondary bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection. DAS181 is a broad spectrum host-targeted investigational drug candidate for treatment and prevention of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and has shown preclinical activity against numerous strains of influenza and...
SAN DIEGO, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- At an investor conference held today, following the market close, Aethlon Medical, the pioneer in developing therapeutic filtration devices to address infectious disease and cancer, disclosed the following: Proposed Strategic Arrangement with Membrana GmbH The Company has signed a letter of intent with Membrana GmbH (Membrana) in an effort to establish a manufacturing arrangement to support large-scale production. Membrana is a leading independent...
WASHINGTON, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A Senate briefing today will discuss TB and drug-resistant TB, including multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug resistant (XDR-TB), the impact on global health and the current state of surveillance, diagnosis and treatment around the world. The briefing, Bringing Established Methods to Scale: New Perspectives in the Changing World of TB, is co-hosted by the Global Health Council, American Thoracic Society, Stop TB Partnership and...
