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Swine Flu: Public Health Emergency Declared, Investigation Continues
April 27, 2009 — As new human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection are identified in the United States and internationally, health officials around the world are continuing their investigation and ... > full story -
Prenatal Exposure To Hong Kong Flu Associated With Reduced Intelligence In Adulthood
April 15, 2009 — The Hong Kong flu pandemic was responsible for more than 700,000 deaths worldwide in the late 1960s, with major disease outbreaks in Europe in the winter of 1969-1970. A number of studies have been ... > full story -
Why Some People Shake Off The Flu In A Couple Of Days, While Others Suffer Longer, Or Die
March 26, 2009 — For some people it is a certainty: as soon as the annual flu season gets underway, they are sure to go down with it. It is little comfort to know that there are other people who are apparently ... > full story -
Engineering Flu Vaccines: New Method Could Improve Vaccines For Both Seasonal Flu And Bird Flu
March 17, 2009 — Scientists have developed a new computerized method of testing the effectiveness of both bird flu and seasonal flu vaccines. Tests suggest the computerized approach can better identify vaccines that ... > full story -
Influenza And Bacterial Pneumonia Make For Harmful Super-Infection
March 17, 2009 — Influenza, or flu, is an unpleasant affair with fever, cough, as well as head and body ache. When this illness is further complicated by a bacterial pneumonia, a harmful super-infection develops. ... > full story -
Human Vaccine Against Bird Flu Within Reach With New Discovery
March 2, 2009 — A vaccine to protect humans from a bird flu pandemic is within reach after a new discovery. The discovery reveals how boosting T cell immunity could better protect humans from a bird flu ... > full story -
Novel Pandemic Flu Vaccine Effective Against H5N1 In Mice
February 28, 2009 — Virus-like particles offer a chicken egg-free method of producing influenza vaccines. Immunization with virus-like particles effectively protects mice from H5N1 influenza and could be an attractive ... > full story -
Immune Molecule That Attacks Wide Range Of Flu Viruses Discovered
February 26, 2009 — Researchers report the characterization of an immune system molecule that targets what appears to be an "Achilles heel" of a wide range of influenza viruses -- including the viruses responsible for ... > full story -
Is Our Obsession With Pandemic Bird Flu Justified?
February 24, 2009 — While it is almost a certainty that within the next few decades humanity will experience another influenza pandemic, it may not be caused by the avian influenza strain H5N1 that many scientists ... > full story -
Lab-Made Proteins Neutralize Multiple Strains Of Seasonal And Pandemic Flu
February 22, 2009 — Scientists have identified a small family of lab-made proteins that neutralize a broad range of influenza A viruses, including the H5N1 avian virus, the 1918 pandemic influenza virus and seasonal ... > full story
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