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Priming With DNA Vaccine Makes Avian Flu Vaccine Work Better: Proof of Concept for Universal Influenza Vaccine
October 3, 2011 — The immune response to an H5N1 avian influenza vaccine was greatly enhanced in healthy adults if they were first primed with a DNA vaccine expressing a gene for a key H5N1 protein, researchers ... > full story -
Rebooting the System: Immune Cells Repair Damaged Lung Tissues After Flu Infection
October 3, 2011 — There's more than one way to mop up after a flu infection. Now, researchers report that a previously unrecognized population of lung immune cells orchestrate the body's repair response following flu ... > full story -
Hollywood Thriller Contagion Echoes Real-Life Study
September 28, 2011 — Soon-to-be released Hollywood film Contagion stars Kate Winslet as a doctor battling the horrors of a global pandemic -- but real-life scientists are urging people to complete a survey to help ... > full story -
People Hospitalized With Asthma 'Less Likely to Die from Swine Flu', Study Finds
September 26, 2011 — People with asthma who are admitted to hospital with pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine flu) are half as likely to die or require intensive care than those without asthma, according to new ... > full story -
Compound Kills Highly Contagious Flu Strain by Activating Antiviral Protein
September 26, 2011 — A newly tested compound destroys several viruses, including the deadly Spanish flu that killed an estimated 30 million people in the worldwide pandemic of 1918. This lead compound -- which acts by ... > full story -
Scientists Find H1N1 Flu Virus Prevalent in Animals in Africa
September 23, 2011 — Life scientists have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the ... > full story -
Virus Discovery Helps Scientists Predict Emerging Diseases
September 22, 2011 — Fresh insight into how viruses such as SARS and flu can jump from one species to another may help scientists predict the emergence of diseases in ... > full story -
2009 H1N1 Pandemic Flu More Damaging to Lungs, Opens Opportunities for Bacterial Infection
September 19, 2011 — Many of the people who died from the new strain of H1N1 influenza that broke out in 2009 were suffering from another infection as well: pneumonia. A new study reveals how the two infections, pandemic ... > full story -
Scientists Find Earliest Known Evidence of 1918 Influenza Pandemic
September 19, 2011 — Examination of lung tissue and other autopsy material from 68 American soldiers who died of respiratory infections in 1918 has revealed that the influenza virus that eventually killed 50 million ... > full story -
Expanding Flu Vaccinations to Older Children Reduces Emergency Visits for Flu-Like Illnesses by 34 Percent, Study Suggests
September 19, 2011 — Vaccinating children aged two to four years against seasonal influenza resulted in a 34 percent decline in flu-like illnesses, a new study ... > full story
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