Moderna to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines

ShaziaMedicine

Ottawa – Bird flu isn’t part of the “quad-demic” of viruses circulating through the country this winter—COVID, seasonal flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and norovirus—and its risk to public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), remains low. But that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even probable. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of which the …

Celebrity Summit cruise liner passengers infected with norovirus 

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Washington – According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 200 passengers aboard the Celebrity Summit cruise liner were infected with the norovirus between May 15–May 25. Twenty-five crew members and 152 of the 2,144 passengers reported norovirus symptoms. Norovirus, commonly known as the stomach flu, spreads quickly and causes diarrhoea and dehydration, was the cause. It …