Thursday, March 24, 2011

St. Jude working on H1N1 virus vaccine - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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There are now 114 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenz a virus in Tennesseeand 17, 855 acrosws the country, which has resulted in 45 The St. Jude Departmeng of Virology in the Department of Infectious Diseased received the H1N1 virus from the inearluy May. St. Jude is working with a number of othed research centers fora vaccine. But of the five WHO collaborating centers, St. Jude is the only one that focuses solelu on the transmission of animal viruseato humans. Its work on the H1N1 will involve about 50 employees across the research Swiss drug maker Novartis AG announce today that it has successfully made a vaccinefor H1N1, thoug h it hasn’t yet been clinically proven in humans.
Memphis-based safety experts say there is no need for surfacse disinfection of any ofits packages. A news release from the worldwide shipping giant saysthe company’s safety expertz conferred with CDC officials and “have been advise d that there is neither a general need nor a recommendatiom for any special cleaning concerning surface infection.” 59 cases of H1N1 virus have been reported in Mississippoi and 13 have been reported in Arkansas, accordinf to the CDC. The virus is considere to be the most geographically widespreadin Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and In New York, 13 have died from causes relatesd to the disease.

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