The United States did not send basic data on seasonal flu who was on the eve of the key meeting of the vaccine
Seasonal flu vaccines must be updated every year because the virus changes so often. But now they have not contributed to their information about what is spreading there since January, said the official of the World Health Organization (WHO).
For seasonal flu, which has been forcing schools to close in some US countries earlier this month, the data is not shared, said Dr. Wenqing Zhang, Global Influenca WHO program head, told reporters on Wednesday in Webinar.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) usually participate in global discussions conducted by WHO about the flu vaccination twice a year.
Detailed information about seasonal flu are important for monitoring the epidemic at globally and notification that the flu strains should be included in the northern hemisphere vaccine next winter.
“From January 20, the CDC has not yet reported the Who Flunet and Fluid platform,” Zhang said, referring to two influenza control databases. Since last week, the US has publicly released some flu information at the national level.
When US President Donald Trump opened on January 20th, he urged his country to leave which, starting at January 2026.
The WHO meeting is scheduled for next week in London to discuss the composition of the flu vaccine. So far, who says they have not indicated whether they will attend.
At the meeting, participants look at the data to achieve a consensus on whether it is still considered that stresses in the previous seasonal vaccine are acting or if necessary.
Kanta Subbaro says that the US also contributes to the effectiveness of vaccines and the key material used by vaccine manufacturers.
Subbao, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases and a flu scientist who now works at Laval University at Quebec City, was the director of the Whoo Cooperation Center for the flu in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of the five such centers for human flu along with the US CDC in Atlanta, England, China and Japan.
The lack of staff and the increase in respiratory diseases is pressured by an ambulance in Canada, and experts invite people to update their vaccination.
“I think this is a very bad time for the flu vaccine,” Subbao said.
“CDC and FDA are normally actively involved in this process, so it’s a little hard for me to figure out what it will look like without them.”
Subbao said that the US Cooperation Center often receives flu viruses from Canada and other parts of America, as well as Africa and parts of Asia.
We make us a ‘great difference’
Dr. Keia Fukuda, a doctor and an epidemiologist who attended the meetings against the flu vaccine and worked for WHO and CDC, said it was crucial to US experts.
“The interpretation of this information is so important,” Fukuda said in an interview. “Keeping their peers talk about how they look at how it can change the way you look at it, and these kinds of interactions are how we came up with the best vaccine formulations.”
American participation is crucial to accurately predict which flu strains will circulate in Canada, USA -Ui Mexico, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and a chief scientist in a research scientist organized by vaccine and infectious diseases in Saskatono.
“Since the United States are so geographically large, because they are so populated, there is a great difference to know which of these flu strains … are those who will overcome and the basis to win the race against other flu viruses,” Rasmussen said. He studies a number of viral pathogens, including the flu, and does not participate in the flu vaccine meeting.
WHO is a flu surveillance program includes about 130 Member States.
CDC issued weekly seasonal flu. Most of these infections were among agricultural workers exposed to infected poultry or cows.
Doctors and scientists carefully observe whether the H5N1 or other type of flu virus gets the ability to spread easily than a person to a person. It is caused by previous global flu pandemic.
On Wednesday, the Canadian government announced the purchase of 500,000 doses H5N1 vaccine In order to protect themselves with those who are in most danger, such as agricultural workers and people who deal with the virus of living bird flu in laboratories.
Who said his meeting against the flu vaccine would continue whether or not US delegates would appear.
