Id card of the new avian flu virus
The genetic heritage of the new H7N9 influenza virus is 100% of bird origin; to this day April 16, 2013, this virus has caused 60 influenza cases and made 13 victims, at least according to official...
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Tell me Press release - 24th april 2013
The cases of human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus reported in China cannot be called a pandemic. Up to now, there are no signs of human-to-human transmission, as reported by the World Health...
View ArticleAn infographic about H7N9
Jeremy Chui, a medical student at the Sheffield University, realized an effective infographic about the H7N9 avian flu virus now circulating in China. Data have been obtained from the World Health...
View ArticleA viewpoint on H7N9 vaccination
Michael Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, a professor in the School of Public Health, and an adjunct professor...
View ArticleAn update on the new coronavirus
The World Health Organization informed that a new case of infection of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) has been reported in France by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. This is the second French...
View ArticleLa comunicazione in caso di epidemia: il progetto Tell Me
La comunicazione in caso di epidemia: il progetto Tell Me
View ArticleGlobal warming and virus
A new study commissioned by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) revealed that global warming trends might be considered as drivers of the outbreaks of West Nile Fever (WNF) in...
View ArticleNew information on transmission modalities for H7N9 virus
A team from the University of Hong Kong evaluated the infectivity of the H7N9 avian flu virus, discovering some relevant issues. First of all, it came out that, although there was no evidence of...
View ArticleThe new Sars in Italy
After France, Germany and United Kingdom, a laboratory-confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (NCoV) has been reported in Italy. The patient is a 45-year-old man who had been travelling...
View ArticleInternet and outbreak: a qualitative study
A group of researcher from the National Coordination Centre for Outbreak Management, Netherlands, carried out an empirical and qualitative study to evaluate the use of the web during the...
View ArticleCORDIS Wire - Pandemic flu 2.0: what to do
Publication Date: 2013-05-08Luca CarraZadigZadig ltd via Ampere 59 20131 Milan ITALY luca.carra2@gmail.com Tel: +390275261354 Fax: +390276113040 http://www.zadig.itThe cases of human infection with...
View ArticleCORDIS Wire - How to talk about epidemics: the TellMe project
Publication Date: 2013-03-04Luca CarraZadigZadig ltd via Ampere 59 20131 Milan ITALY luca.carra2@gmail.com Tel: +390275261354 Fax: +390276113040 http://www.zadig.itTELL ME is a three-years European...
View ArticleHealth security across the borders
Most of the main threats to our health do not respect national borders, as clearly proved by the novel Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). For this reason, on July 3rd the European...
View ArticleDigital Epidemiology as a tool against H7N9
A recent paper on the New England Journal of Medicine highlighted some of the features that make H7N9 – the bird flu virus now circulating in China – a healthcare case that deserves attention. The...
View ArticleFirst TELLME model building workshop held
One of the outputs from the TELLME project is to be a simulation model to investigate the way in which communication impacts on people’s decisions to adopt protective behaviour such as vaccination or...
View ArticleBird flu outbreak in a poultry farm in Ferrara (Italy)
An outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus struck a commercial farm of layer hens near Ferrara, Italy. The farmer timely informed about suspect clinical signs, thus allowing the detection...
View ArticleTwo antivirals protect monkeys from MERS infection
Interferon-alpha 2b (IFN-α2b) and Ribavirin are two licensed antiviral drugs that protects monkeys from MERS virus, as reported by a research team from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
View ArticleWhy not protect yourself and your family?
During a recent TellMe meeting in Haifa, Professor William Fisher, of Western University in London, Ontario, analyzed the reasons of vaccine hesitancy or refusal and how to overcome it. This is a very...
View ArticleHarnessing social networks in public health communication
An article recently published inSciencehas put forward a strong case for tapping into online sentiment and behaviour displayed on social networks to predict how the public respond during infectious...
View ArticleTELLME Midterm review
The TELL ME Mid-Term Review will take place on November 6th and 7th 2013, at the DG RECHERCHE ET INNOVATION, 21 Rue Du Champ de Mars, 1050 Brussels.On Wednesday 6th there will be a TELLME full day...
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