Influenza: upcoming dates

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  FDA Vaccine Advisers Meet on 2027 Southern Hemisphere Flu Strains

  FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, United StatesU.S. Food and Drug Administration

  

  Starts 10/01/2026 1:00PM UTCSCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better5 days agoFDA's^[1][3] meeting notice lists October 1, 2026, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET and says the Committee "will convene in open session to discuss strain selection for influenza virus vaccines for the 2027 Southern Hemisphere influenza season".

  FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meets virtually, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET, to recommend influenza strains for the 2027 Southern Hemisphere vaccines, with a public FDA webcast.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Merck Completes Cidara Takeover to Add a Long-Acting Flu Antiviral

  126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey, United StatesMerck & Co.

  

  Starts 01/07/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better272 days agoMerck's^[1][3] release, dated January 7, 2026, says it 'today announced the successful completion of the cash tender offer' for Cidara, with the tender expiring 11:59 p.m. ET on January 6.

  On 7 January 2026 Merck announced the completion of its cash tender offer for Cidara Therapeutics at US$221.50 per share, gaining CD388, a long-acting antiviral for preventing influenza.

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• Health09/21/2026@HealthDesk

  The 1918 Flu Surfaces at Camp Funston

  Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas, United States

  

  Starts 03/04/1918ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence108.6 years ago4 March 1918 is the first recorded case at Camp Funston, which is the earliest documented outbreak rather than a proven origin - the pandemic's beginning is genuinely disputed.^[1]

  A camp cook reported sick at Fort Riley's Camp Funston in Kansas, and within days hundreds of soldiers were down with influenza. It is the first recorded outbreak of the pandemic that killed more people than the war it travelled with - somewhere between 25 and 50 million.

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