UCSF and Avian Flu
Avian Flu - Infected Birds to Appear in a Neighborhood Near You?
(First Appeared Wednesday, April 26, 2006)
When UCSF hosted an avian flu symposium in December, outbreaks of the avian flu virus H5N1 were limited to China and Southeast Asia. The virus had killed dozens of people. Officials from those nations and the World Health Organization were grappling with how to cope and obtain funding. Will New Vaccine, Better Science Deliver in Time to Stop the Next Pandemic Flu?
(First Appeared Friday, Dec. 9, 2005)
The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under the Bush Administration has begun to sketch out a blueprint - made public in November - for responding to the threat of pandemic flu. Avian Flu: Threat of Pandemic Leads to Shortage of Antiviral Drugs
(First Appeared Monday, Dec. 5, 2005)
Predictions vary as to when - or if - the ongoing spread of new avian influenza virus, H5N1, will result in a human pandemic.
Virus Tracker While no avian flu cases have yet been identified in San Francisco, should the day come when patients with the disease are seen at UCSF's hospitals or clinics, the number of cases will be registered in the following chart. In the meantime, the chart findings will reflect the changing nature of viral infections more commonly seen at different times of the year.
Links:
California Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Summit (5/10/06)
(uctv) Avian Influenza
(UC every day, everywhere) Aches, pains of flu appear in Bay Area
(SF Chronicle) Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
(Infectious Diseases A to Z) Division of Communicable Disease Control Bird flu on the move
(Nature.com chart)
(First Appeared Wednesday, April 26, 2006)
When UCSF hosted an avian flu symposium in December, outbreaks of the avian flu virus H5N1 were limited to China and Southeast Asia. The virus had killed dozens of people. Officials from those nations and the World Health Organization were grappling with how to cope and obtain funding. Will New Vaccine, Better Science Deliver in Time to Stop the Next Pandemic Flu?
(First Appeared Friday, Dec. 9, 2005)
The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under the Bush Administration has begun to sketch out a blueprint - made public in November - for responding to the threat of pandemic flu. Avian Flu: Threat of Pandemic Leads to Shortage of Antiviral Drugs
(First Appeared Monday, Dec. 5, 2005)
Predictions vary as to when - or if - the ongoing spread of new avian influenza virus, H5N1, will result in a human pandemic.
Virus Tracker While no avian flu cases have yet been identified in San Francisco, should the day come when patients with the disease are seen at UCSF's hospitals or clinics, the number of cases will be registered in the following chart. In the meantime, the chart findings will reflect the changing nature of viral infections more commonly seen at different times of the year.
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California Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Summit (5/10/06)(uctv) Avian Influenza
(UC every day, everywhere) Aches, pains of flu appear in Bay Area
(SF Chronicle) Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
(Infectious Diseases A to Z) Division of Communicable Disease Control Bird flu on the move
(Nature.com chart)