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Covering Health (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Medical Marketing & Media's Matthew Arnold profiled AHCJ member Scott Hensley, of the NPR Health Blog, calling him "digital health journalism's Johnny Appleseed" for his role in starting health blogs at media behemoths such as The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio. [caption id="attachment_4811" align="alignright" width="184" caption="Scott...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
... rates in children could slow the rate of antigenic drift. A fascinating report. Reference: SE Hensley et al. Hemagglutinin receptor binding avidity drives influenza A virus antigenic drift. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1178258 (2009). NIAID Scientists Propose New Explanation for Flu Virus Antigenic Drift Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... antigenic drift might be slowed by increasing the number of children vaccinated against influenza. Scott Hensley, Ph.D., Jonathan W. Yewdell, M.D., Ph.D., and Jack R. Bennink, Ph.D., led the research team, whose findings appear in the current issue of Science."This research elegantly combines modern genetic techniques with decades-old approaches to give us new insights into the mechanisms...
Healthcare, etc. (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
... Resources for Critical Care 9. NYS DOH draft document on ventilator allocation (hat tip to Scott Hensley) And here are a few posts on this blog that have discussed some of the issues: 1. Imagination and H1N1 preparedness 2. A narrowing window of opportunity 3. H1N1: Why we are unprepared 4. H1N1 predictions demystified 5. Notes from a pandemic This is by no means an exhaustive list,...
