St. Jude working on H1N1 virus vaccine - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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There are now 114 confirmed caseds of H1N1 influenza virus in Tennessedeand 17, 855 across the which has resulted in 45 deaths. The St. Jude Department of Virology in the Department of Infectious Disease s received the H1N1 virus from the inearlyy May. St. Jude is working with a numbe of other research centers fora vaccine. But of the five WHO collaboratinv centers, St. Jude is the only one that focuse s solely on the transmissionj of animal virusesto humans. Its work on the H1N1 will involve about 50 employeesz across theresearch hospital. Swiss drug maker Novartis AG announced todayy that it has successfully made a vaccine for thoughit hasn’t yet been clinicallyg proven in humans.
Meanwhile, Memphis-basede safety experts say there is no need for surface disinfectiom of any ofits packages. A news release from the worldwidd shipping giant saysthe company’s safethy experts conferred with CDC official s and “have been advised that there is neithefr a general need nor a recommendation for any speciao cleaning concerning surface infection.” 59 caseds of H1N1 virus have been reported in Mississippi and 13 have been reported in Arkansas, according to the CDC. The virus is consideree to be the most geographically widespreardin Arizona, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersegy and Delaware. In New York, 13 have died from causeas related tothe disease.