From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ted Pestorius with HHS HealthBeat.
Antibiotics may be wonder drugs, especially if you have something like pneumonia or another bacterial infection. But they have their limits. Antibiotics work against bacteria, but not viruses. So, if you have a viral infection, like a cold or the flu, [...]
Archive for November 7th, 2009
What Antibiotics Can’t Do
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Infection of Farmed Animals with the Pandemic Virus
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To date, extensive testing by laboratories in the WHO influenza surveillance network has detected no signs that the H1N1 pandemic virus has mutated to a more virulent form. Currently licensed pandemic vaccines closely match circulating viruses and are expected to confer good protection.
Vigilance for changes in the H1N1 virus includes monitoring to detect possible influenza [...]
Evolution of Pandemic H1N1 2009 in Animals
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The OIE is closely monitoring the world animal health situation including with regard to infections of all susceptible animals with the pandemic H1N1 2009 virus.
Regular reports of countries notifying the presence of the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus in animals to the OIE show disease surveillance in animals and reporting mechanisms function well and, that [...]
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