Cold and Flu News

Posted November 29, 2012:

• Homicide Spreads Like Infectious Disease

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 20, 2012:

• How Does Antibiotic Resistance Spread? Scientists Find Answers in the Nose

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Influenza Curbs Part of Immune System and Abets Bacterial Infections

Posted November 11, 2012:

• New Method of Gene Identification Discovered

Posted November 7, 2012:

• When Parasites Catch Viruses: Viral Symbiont of a Protozoan Parasite Increases Virulence to Human Host
• Stay in Bed or Feel the Burn? What to Do When You Are Sick

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 26, 2012:

• Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Injury, Says Hepatologist

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 23, 2012:

• Next Generation Vaccines: Eliminating the Use of Needles

Posted October 22, 2012:

• Probiotics Are Secret Weapon for Fighting Symptoms of the Common Cold in College Students, Study Suggests
• Migratory Birds’ Ticks Can Spread Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

Posted October 20, 2012:

• Optimal Treatment Duration for MRSA-Related Pneumonia Re-Evaluated

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 26, 2012:

• Exposure to School-Age Children Ups Severity of Cold Infections

Posted September 16, 2012:

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

Posted September 12, 2012:

• Sinusitis Linked to Microbial Diversity
• An Advance Toward a Flu-Fighting Nasal Spray

Posted September 11, 2012:

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

Posted September 9, 2012:

• Novel Airborne Germ-Killing Oral Spray Effective in Fighting Colds and Flu

Posted September 7, 2012:

• Can Dynamic Mapping Reveal Clues About Flu Seasonality?

Posted September 5, 2012:

• Biting Back Against Lyme Disease
• Harnessing Anticancer Drugs for the Future Fight Against Influenza

Posted September 4, 2012:

• Scanning for Drunks With a Thermal Camera

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 24, 2012:

• Virus Detector Harnesses Ring of Light in 'Whispering Gallery Mode'

Posted August 23, 2012:

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

Posted August 22, 2012:

• Microbiologists Find New Approach to Fighting Viral Illnesses

Posted August 17, 2012:

• Flu Vaccine Research: Overcoming 'Original Sin'

Posted August 16, 2012:

• Virus Throws a Wrench in the Immune System
• Turmeric Stopped Potentially Deadly Rift Valley Fever Virus from Multiplying in Infected Cells

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