Vaccination lags behind in middle-income countries
Indonesia, Iraq and South Africa now rank among the ten countries with the highest number of under-immunized children worldwide, even though these countries are richer than many of their [...]
Alan Hinman Honored with Award for Achievement in Vaccinology and Immunology
Alan Hinman, MD, MPH, Consulting Advisor at The Task Force’s Center for Vaccine Equity and part of the PIVI Strategic Advisory Group recently received the prestigious Dr. Charles Mérieux Award [...]
WHO – Ten Threats to Global Health in 2019
WHO lists a Global Influenza Pandemic as one of ten important health issues that will demand attention from WHO and health partners in 2019.
Last Year, The Flu Put Him In A Coma. This Year He’s Getting The Shot
Charlie Hinderliter wasn’t opposed to the flu shot. He didn’t have a problem with vaccinations. He was one of about 53 percent of Americans who just don’t get one. “I figured [the flu] was [...]
100 years ago, influenza killed as many as 50 million people. Could it happen again today?
“One hundred years ago, death came with astonishing speed and horrifying agony. Some influenza patients admitted to a Boston hospital in the morning of October 1918 would be dead by the [...]
Influenza: are we ready?
“When 100 passengers on a flight from Dubai to New York in September 2018 fell ill with respiratory symptoms, health officials were concerned that they might be carrying a serious [...]
Flu season deaths top 80,000 last year, CDC says
An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This means it was the deadliest season in more than [...]
Vietnam to manufacture WHO flu vaccines
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long announced the news during a conference on August 28 about prospects for research and development of vaccines for Vietnam. It is expected that the [...]
Dr. Joe Bresee Discusses the Current Status of Influenza Prevention and Control
Listen to this recent CDC Podcast, where PIVI’s Director, Dr. Joe Bresee, gives a good overview of seasonal and pandemic flu, how big a problem flu is globally, why data on flu is so [...]
The Next Plague Is Coming. Is America Ready?
At 6 o’clock in the morning, shortly after the sun spills over the horizon, the city of Kikwit doesn’t so much wake up as ignite. Loud music blares from car radios. Shops fly open along the main [...]
