Swine flu science update: 24 November 2009
A roundup of articles about vaccines for poor countries, the common cold protecting against swine flu, vaccine strength and more.
24 November 2009 | EN
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A roundup of articles about vaccines for poor countries, the common cold protecting against swine flu, vaccine strength and more.
24 November 2009 | EN
A round up of articles about delays in shipping donated vaccine, how to define a pandemic, new antivirals, and more.
A round up of articles about vaccine distribution in the developing world, flu virus survival strategies, thermal screening, and more.
5 November 2009 | EN
The latest on swine flu including protection by seasonal flu, the use of X-rays in severe cases, the effect of flu on the unborn and more.
Excitement about the potential of a plant root extract to combat swine flu is brought down to earth by a pandemics expert.
13 October 2009 | EN
A round-up of articles about the unexpected success of single-dose vaccines, vaccine distribution to developing countries, and more.
Peru is investing US$100 million in swine flu vaccines – enough to immunise 30 per cent of its population.
23 September 2009 | ES
A round-up of the latest articles on genetic susceptibility to swine flu, the EpiFlu database, a single-dose intravenous drug, and more.
21 September 2009 | ES
Brazilian scientists say they have developed a nanotechnology-based test that can detect swine flu in five minutes.
A round-up of the latest articles about vaccination, new life for expiring Tamiflu stocks, turkeys in Chile catching swine flu, and more.
A round up of articles about new vaccination techniques, coaxing the swine flu virus to grow faster, a universal flu vaccine, and more.
Models suggest that swine flu will return for the Southern hemisphere winter in 2010, but a massive vaccination campaign could slash cases.
26 August 2009 | ES
A round-up of articles about flu experts' concern over swine flu, doubts over pandemics coming in waves, vaccine progress and more.
Health representatives from ten Latin American countries have created joint action plans to deal with the swine flu virus.
17 August 2009 | ES
Mexico City is spearheading a new network of scientists from Latin American, Portugal and Spain to fight new and re-emerging pathogens.
17 August 2009 | ES
A round-up of articles about Africa's inability to cope with swine flu, human behaviour's affect on virus spread, vaccine progress, and more.
The WHO has begun an accreditation scheme for laboratories to ensure that diagnosis on the continent improves.
A round-up of articles about vaccinating HIV patients for flu, using adjuvants in vaccination, deducing pandemic severity, and more.
A researcher has said that influenza A(H1N1) doesn't cause more complications in healthy Argentinean teenagers, contrary to popular belief.
14 July 2009 | ES
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels