Bird Flu News

Posted November 27, 2012:

• Man's Best Friend: Common Canine Virus May Lead to New Vaccines for Deadly Human Diseases
• Researchers Explore Social Media as Preventative Method for Infectious Diseases

Posted November 26, 2012:

• This Week's Forecast: Sunny With a 40 Percent Chance of Flu

Posted November 22, 2012:

• Scientists Describe Elusive Replication Machinery of Flu Viruses

Posted November 21, 2012:

• New Strain of Bird Virus Sweeps Across Britain

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Influenza Curbs Part of Immune System and Abets Bacterial Infections

Posted November 5, 2012:

• More Than a Quarter of St. Louis EMTs Don’t Get Flu Vaccines

Posted November 2, 2012:

• Young Birds Can Get 'Drunk' on Fermented Berries: Effects Similar to Those for People, Only Drunk Birds Have Much Further to Fall

Posted October 29, 2012:

• Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Health Care Workers to Protect Patients

Posted October 28, 2012:

• Influenza Vaccine May Reduce Risk of Heart Disease and Death: Flu Shot May Reduce Risk of Major Cardiac Event by 50 Percent

Posted October 24, 2012:

• Pigs May Look Healthy but Can Test Positive for Flu at Fairs
• Important Flu Recommendations for High-Risk Populations

Posted October 19, 2012:

• Pediatric Studies Show the Flu's Deadly Danger, the Benefits of School Vaccinations

Posted October 9, 2012:

• Research on Enhanced Transmissibility in H5N1 Influenza: Should the Moratorium End?
• Learning from Past Flu Epidemics to Model Outbreaks as They Happen

Posted October 8, 2012:

• Busting Common Myths About the Flu Vaccine

Posted October 3, 2012:

• Onset of Flu Season Raises Concerns About Human-to-Pet Transmission

Posted October 1, 2012:

• As Flu Season Approaches, Why Do College Students Ignore the H1N1 Vaccine?
• Evolutionary Analysis Improves Ability to Predict the Spread of Flu

Posted September 16, 2012:

• Flu Antibody’s 'One-Handed Grab' May Boost Effort Toward Universal Vaccine, New Therapies

Posted September 12, 2012:

• An Advance Toward a Flu-Fighting Nasal Spray

Posted September 11, 2012:

• Reconstructed 1918 Influenza Virus Has Yielded Key Insights, Scientists Say

Posted August 31, 2012:

• Breathable Treatment to Help Prevent Asthma Attacks

Posted August 29, 2012:

• Flu Is Transmitted Before Symptoms Appear, Study in Ferrets Suggests
• Scientists Map First Steps in Flu Antibody Development
• Climate Change Could Increase Levels of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Posted August 28, 2012:

• There Are Reasons – But Not Good Ones – To Avoid a Flu Vaccine This Year

Posted August 26, 2012:

• Compound Discovered That Boosts Effect of Vaccines Against HIV and Flu

Posted August 23, 2012:

• Advantage Flu Virus: Scientists Discover One of the Ways the Influenza Virus Disarms Host Cells

Posted August 17, 2012:

• Flu Vaccine Research: Overcoming 'Original Sin'

Posted August 15, 2012:

• Potential Hurdle to Universal Flu Vaccine Development May Be Overcome, Study Suggests

Posted August 9, 2012:

• Human Antibodies That Protect Against Large Variety of Flu Viruses Described

Posted August 2, 2012:

• Influenza Virus Replication: Catching the Cap-Snatcher

Posted August 1, 2012:

• Equatorial Regions in Brazil Less Affected by 2009 Influenza Pandemic

Posted July 31, 2012:

• An Avian Flu That Jumps from Birds to Mammals Is Killing New England's Baby Seals

Posted July 18, 2012:

• What It Takes to Be the Perfect Invading Parasite

Posted July 17, 2012:

• Online Self-Diagnosis: Am I Having a Heart Attack or Is It Just the Hiccups?

Posted July 6, 2012:

• Keeping the Flu Away: Synthetic Protein Activates Immune System Within Two Hours

Posted July 2, 2012:

• Measuring the Uncertainties of Pandemic Influenza

Posted June 29, 2012:

• Both Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Are Critical to the Control of Influenza

Posted June 28, 2012:

• How Flu Can Cause Severe Infections
• Flu Immunity Is Affected by How Many Viruses Actually Cause the Infection

Posted June 26, 2012:

• Study Reveals Flu-Fighting Role for Well-Known Immune Component

Posted June 21, 2012:

• Avian Flu Viruses Which Are Transmissible Between Humans Could Evolve in Nature

Posted June 11, 2012:

• A SMART(er) Way to Track Influenza

Posted June 7, 2012:

• Pandemic Preparedness

Posted June 1, 2012:

• Computer-Designed Proteins Programmed to Disarm Variety of Flu Viruses

Posted May 29, 2012:

• Why Swine Flu Virus Is Developing Drug Resistance

Posted May 27, 2012:

• Powerful New Approach to Attack Flu Virus

Posted May 22, 2012:

• Flu Shot During Pregnancy Shows Unexpected Benefits in Large Study

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