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US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu
Published 05/27/2024, 01:04 AM
Updated 05/27/2024, 01:06 AM
By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby
CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Europe are taking steps to acquire or manufacture H5N1 bird flu vaccines that could be used to protect at-risk poultry and dairy workers, veterinarians and lab technicians, government officials said, moves influenza experts say could curb the threat of a pandemic.
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Dawn O'Connell of the U.S. Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response said the government is "looking closely" at the possibility of vaccinating farm workers and others in close contact with the virus.
The U.S. has contracts with CSL and GSK to test prepandemic vaccines that more closely match the circulating virus than older H5N1 vaccines in the stockpile. The U.S. is moving forward with the CSL vaccine, a Department of Health and Human Services official confirmed….
PREPANDEMIC STOCKPILE
The U.S. maintains a stockpile of prepandemic vaccine candidates and bulk vaccine against an array of influenza strains and conducts clinical trials to support an Emergency Use Authorization or FDA license in the event of pandemic.
Seasonal flu vaccine makers, including Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY), could also be asked to shift to producing pandemic flu vaccines.
The U.S. is in talks with mRNA vaccine makers Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) about potential pandemic vaccines.
Dr. Richard Webby, a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital virologist who studies flu in animals and birds for the World Health Organization, said the situation in dairy cattle merits vaccine use.
"If we look at the exposure levels that some of these farmers are getting, it's high," Webby said.
The decision on how and when to use the vaccine wi….
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https://www.investing.com/news/stoc...ccinating-workers-exposed-to-bird-flu-3457571
Published 05/27/2024, 01:04 AM
Updated 05/27/2024, 01:06 AM
By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby
CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Europe are taking steps to acquire or manufacture H5N1 bird flu vaccines that could be used to protect at-risk poultry and dairy workers, veterinarians and lab technicians, government officials said, moves influenza experts say could curb the threat of a pandemic.
……
Dawn O'Connell of the U.S. Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response said the government is "looking closely" at the possibility of vaccinating farm workers and others in close contact with the virus.
The U.S. has contracts with CSL and GSK to test prepandemic vaccines that more closely match the circulating virus than older H5N1 vaccines in the stockpile. The U.S. is moving forward with the CSL vaccine, a Department of Health and Human Services official confirmed….
PREPANDEMIC STOCKPILE
The U.S. maintains a stockpile of prepandemic vaccine candidates and bulk vaccine against an array of influenza strains and conducts clinical trials to support an Emergency Use Authorization or FDA license in the event of pandemic.
Seasonal flu vaccine makers, including Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY), could also be asked to shift to producing pandemic flu vaccines.
The U.S. is in talks with mRNA vaccine makers Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) about potential pandemic vaccines.
Dr. Richard Webby, a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital virologist who studies flu in animals and birds for the World Health Organization, said the situation in dairy cattle merits vaccine use.
"If we look at the exposure levels that some of these farmers are getting, it's high," Webby said.
The decision on how and when to use the vaccine wi….
:tiphat:
https://www.investing.com/news/stoc...ccinating-workers-exposed-to-bird-flu-3457571