This article, published in Vaccine, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of maternal immunization to augment the protective effect of maternal antibody against many viral diseases in the young infant. The authors also present more specific …

This web page on the Vaccine Resource Library provides a link to PATH's work on influenza, as well as general information about the disease and the current vaccine landscape.

The mission of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) is the prevention of disease, disability, and death through immunization and by control of respiratory and related diseases. This web page contains additional …

This article, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, details a randomized clinical trial conducted in China to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a split-virus, inactivated vaccine candidate against the 2009 pandemic …

During seasonal influenza epidemics and previous pandemics, pregnant women have been at increased risk for complications related to influenza infection. In addition, maternal influenza virus infection and accompanying hyperthermia place fetuses at …

This article, which appeared in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, describes a cross-sectional study conducted in Kenya’s Nyanza Province to investigate the burden of viral respiratory disease, including influenza, in …

PandemicFlu.gov provides comprehensive government-wide information on pandemic influenza and avian influenza for the general public, health and emergency preparedness professionals, policymakers, government and business leaders, school systems, and …

Pandemicfluandyou.org is a comprehensive resource guide on pandemic influenza. The site is a one-stop, easy-to-use web portal which contains the most current information and web based resources detailing how a flu pandemic might affect individuals, …

This article, published in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, reviews published data on pandemic influenza virus infection in Africa from January 1950 through August 2008, a time period covering the influenza A(H2N2) pandemic of 1957 and the …

This editorial, published in the journal Vaccine, discusses some of the challenges of meeting influenza vaccine demand in the event of a pandemic, including vaccine technology, manufacturing capacity, demand for seasonal influenza …

This editorial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), comments on two articles released through NEJM (Greenberg et al. and Clark et al.) that describe preliminary data on the immunogenicity of the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 …

This report provides an update on the US government's progress in energizing a national pandemic influenza preparedness movement over nearly three years. The report includes a timeline of pandemic preparedness events; monitoring and …

This web page provides information and links to useful resources on global pandemic preparedness, including how to detect and prepare for a pandemic as well as responses to an influenza pandemic.

This article, published in Expert Review of Vaccines, discusses the current influenza vaccine landscape and the steps that PATH, an international global health nonprofit, is taking through its Influenza Vaccine Project to accelerate the development …

This book provides physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and others with the most comprehensive information on vaccine-preventable diseases. In addition to chapters on more general vaccine-related topics, it …

This article, published in Science, details a study to determine the potential for avian influenza A/H5N1 viruses to become transmissible via respiratory droplets between mammals in nature. From surveillance data, the researchers concluded that some …

This website provides materials about childhood influenza vaccination in the United States. It is targeted to both consumer and healthcare professionals. Materials include fact sheets, videos, social media sharing tools, real-life stories, …

This article, published in Expert Review of Vaccines, offers an industry perspective on the progress made toward preparedness for a potential human influenza H5N1 pandemic, with a review of research, development, testing, and current …

This fact sheet describes how PATH developed a low-cost and straightforward technology for protecting aluminum-adjuvanted liquid vaccines from the irreversible damage that results from freezing. Many current vaccines of importance to global …

This commentary, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reviews the public health response to the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic and suggests how this situation provided an opportunity to build public trust in vaccines. …

These pre-formatted PubMed searches will retrieve journal citations and available abstracts that address disease burden, vaccine efficacy and benefits, and model programs, among other relevant issues related to influenza. Documents may be ordered …

This report of the second World Health Organization Consultation on the Global Action Plan for Influenza Vaccines (GAP-II) held July 12 to 14, 2011, summarizes the overview of GAP activities in the first five years and proposed action points …

This article, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, describes the methods, results, and conclusions from a randomized observer-blind, parallel-group trial evaluating two doses of an inactivated, split-virus 2009 influenza A(H1N1) vaccine …

The authors of this article, published in Vaccine, address the hard choices that must be made early in a pandemic and explore the context in which these decisions were made during the 2009 influenza pandemic. They argue that the only way to assure …

This report focuses on progress with responses to avian influenza and with pandemic preparedness between June 2007 and June 2008. Where data allow, the report looks back over the last three years. It also: 1) describes international financial …