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One Step Closer to a Vaccine for a Common Respiratory Disease
Young children and the
elderly are especially
susceptible to respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV). The
three-dimensional structure
of respiratory syncytial
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Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains, Including 1918 Flu
Researchers have developed a
new gene therapy to thwart a
potential influenza
pandemic. They demonstrated
that a single dose of an
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Novel Disease in Songbirds Demonstrates Evolution in the Blink of an Eye
A novel disease in songbirds
has rapidly evolved to
become more harmful to its
host on at least two
separate occasions in just
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Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009 More Deadly for Younger Adults
As the world prepares for
what may be the next
pandemic strain of influenza
virus, in the H7N9 bird flu,
a new study reveals that the
2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic
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Universal Paid Sick Leave Reduces Spread of Flu
June 13, 2013 — Allowing all employees access to paid sick days would reduce influenza infections in the workplace by nearly 6 percent, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. The researchers simulated an ... > full story -
Saliva Proteins May Protect Older People from Influenza
June 12, 2013 — Spit. Drool. Dribble. Saliva is not normally a topic of polite conversation, but it may be the key to explaining the age and sex bias exhibited by influenza and other diseases, according to a new ... > full story -
Workers Do Not Quit Due to Mandatory Flu Shot
June 11, 2013 — In its fourth year with 99 percent compliance, Loyola University Health System's mandatory flu shot program is the subject of a new study presented at an infectious disease ... > full story -
Flu Vaccines Aimed at Younger Populations Could Break Annual Transmission Cycle
June 11, 2013 — The value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is being seriously underestimated. A new report suggests heavier emphasis on vaccinating those groups might save thousands of ... > full story -
Duck Genome Provides New Insight Into Fighting Bird Flu
June 9, 2013 — The duck genome consortium has completed the genome sequencing and analysis of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos), one principal natural host of influenza A viruses, which caused a new epidemic in China ... > full story -
Studies Showing How Bird Flu Viruses Could Adapt to Humans Offer Surveillance and Vaccine Strategies
June 6, 2013 — Bird flu viruses are potentially highly lethal and pose a global threat, but relatively little is known about why certain strains spread more easily to humans than others. Two studies identify ... > full story -
No Benefit of Double Dose Antiviral Drug for Severe Influenza, Study Suggests
May 30, 2013 — There are no virological or clinical benefits of giving double doses of the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to patients admitted to hospital with severe influenza, finds a large study from South ... > full story -
Interleukin-22 Protects Against Post-Influenza Bacterial Superinfection
May 30, 2013 — Researchers have shown in a mouse model that interleukin-22 protects against bacterial superinfections that can arise following ... > full story -
New Flu Strains Prompt Review of Current Research, Call to Redouble Flu Fight
May 29, 2013 — New flu strains prompt review of current research and a call to redouble the flu ... > full story -
Ferrets, Pigs Susceptible to H7N9 Avian Influenza Virus
May 23, 2013 — Chinese and US scientists have used a virus isolated from a person who died from H7N9 avian influenza infection to determine whether the virus could infect and be transmitted between ferrets. Ferrets ... > full story
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