PHAC plans to stockpile bird flu vaccines

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is “proactively” speaking with vaccine manufacturers to get a hold of bird flu vaccines to prepare for the event of a global bird flu pandemic.

Finland to begin offering human bird flu vaccines

Next week, the EU health crisis authority will sign a contract with Seqirus to obtain 640,000 vaccine doses intended for humans to treat bird flu (H5N1), with the first portion going to Finland.