Posts Tagged ‘pandemics’
Flu Pandemics May Be Worsened By Short-Term School Closures, Pitt Study Finds
Closing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published ahead-of-print and online in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The findings, developed from a series of computer simulations based on U.S…
Implications Of Influenza Pandemics On Blood Supplies Highlighted By Study
A German research team has examined data on supply and demand for blood transfusions against a computer simulation of an influenza pandemic, and discovered that a severe pandemic scenario could quickly lead to a deficit of up to 96,000 red blood cell (RBC) transfusion units in Germany alone, creating potentially fatal outcomes. Their study is published today in the journal TRANSFUSION…
Avoiding Panic In Pandemics
Public health officials walking a tightrope between massive demand for vaccines and intense public scrutiny of side effects now have a new standard for evaluating the safety of their vaccination programs. Widespread concern about the ’swine flu’ is prompting H1N1 vaccination programs in many countries – seldom seen on such a massive scale. Meanwhile, media and Internet chatter about side effects may provoke public anxiety and result in a lower vaccination rate.
Influenza Pandemics: Past and Future
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Science has made it possible to reconstruct the virus that caused the great influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. The virus, which killed 50 million people worldwide, can be used to test current vaccines and gain insight into disease formation and transmission.
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