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Healthy Doctors Make Healthy Patients, Study Finds
April 8, 2013 Patients are more likely to follow preventive health practices like getting a flu shot or mammography if their doctors do likewise, researchers have ... > full story -
Bird Flu Mutation Study Offers Vaccine Clue
April 8, 2013 Scientists have described small genetic changes that enable the H5N1 bird flu virus to replicate more easily in the noses of ... > full story -
On Twitter, Anti-Vaccination Sentiments Spread More Easily Than Pro-Vaccination Sentiments
April 4, 2013 On Twitter, a research team tracked the pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine messages about a new vaccine for combating a virus strain responsible for swine flu, and then observed how Twitter users expressed ... > full story -
Human Infection With Influenza A(H7N9) in China
April 4, 2013 On April 3, 2013, the China Health and Family Planning Commission notified WHO of an additional four cases of human infection with influenza A(H7N9). The four patients are from Jiangsu province in ... > full story -
Newly Approved Blood Thinner May Increase Susceptibility to Some Viral Infections
April 1, 2013 A new study indicates that a newly approved blood thinner that blocks a key component of the human blood clotting system may increase the risk and severity of certain viral infections, including flu ... > full story -
Cleverly Designed Vaccine Blocks H5 Avian Influenza in Animal Models
March 25, 2013 Until now, most experimental vaccines against the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus have lacked effectiveness. But a new vaccine has proven highly effective against the virus when tested in ... > full story -
Protective Properties of Influenza Vaccines Revealed
March 22, 2013 Scientists have identified an important mechanism for stimulating protective immune responses following seasonal influenza ... > full story -
Pain Reliever Shows Anti-Viral Activity Against Flu
March 21, 2013 The over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug naproxen may also exhibit antiviral activity against influenza A virus, according to a team of scientists. The findings are the result of a structure-based ... > full story -
Findings to Help in Design of Drugs Against Virus Causing Childhood Illnesses
March 21, 2013 New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. The virus, called enterovirus 71, causes ... > full story -
Two-Pronged Immune Cell Approach Could Lead to a Universal Shot Against the Flu
March 14, 2013 Influenza virus-specific CD8+ T cells or virus-specific non-neutralizing antibodies are each relatively ineffective at conferring protective immunity alone. But, when combined, the virus-specific CD8 ... > full story
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