By Norma Erickson, medical consumer advocate During 2020 society has been turned upside-down by government health officials’ response to the “COVID 19 pandemic”. Billions of people are witnessing their formerly productive lives descend into chaos as a result of lockdowns, social distancing, and masking requirements. None of these measures appear to have much impact on […]
Government of Canada vaccines contract will protect public health and prevent the spread of influenza
OTTAWA, March 30 /CNW/ – The following is a statement by Russell Williams, President of Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) responding to the Government of Canada announcement of an agreement to supply influenza vaccine. “As the industry that develops the medicines and vaccines that improve and save lives, we commend the Government of Canada and […]
NIH Experts Describe Influenza Vaccines of the Future
By: AS Fauchi and L Lambert 17 November 2010 In a review article appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, examine research under way to address the limitations of currently available influenza vaccines and develop more […]
Flu vaccine only effective for select groups
By: Mark Lemstra 10 November 2010 This is the first in a four-column series on influenza. The first will discuss the ineffectiveness of immunization for the flu in most populations. The second column will discuss the great influenza epidemic of 1918 and the lessons we still have not learned. The third column will discuss last […]
BARDA awards contracts for influenza vaccine
By: Paul Purlain 11 October 2010 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority has announced a new contract worth $57 million to help safeguard the United States in the case of a pandemic influenza outbreak. The contract with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur is an extension of an existing […]
