Suggestion for Prepandemic Vaccine Ignites Debate

(TopNews) – An influenza specialist who previously led the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) flu program and now works for Novartis, has recommended that developing a prepandemic vaccination to get a grip on the next flu endemic, a thought that other experts are welcoming with concern or cynicism.

Dr. Klaus Stohr, ex-Director of the WHO’s Global Influenza Programme, suggests developing a vaccine including a “cocktail” of flu strains considered apt to cause the next epidemic, together with an adjuvant (immune-system stimulant). He proposes the plan in an opinion article released yesterday online by Nature.

MSM: Ireland commissioner says most EU countries would reject Lisbon Treaty

(Telegraph) – Ireland’s EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has conceded that voters in most EU countries would reject the stalled Lisbon Treaty.

Ireland stands alone against the EU Treaty

Ireland now stands alone after the Czechs completed parliamentary ratification of the Lisbon Treaty this afternoon.