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  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
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  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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  Team Discovers Treatable Mechanism Responsible for Often Deadly Response to Flu

  September 15, 2011 — Researchers have found a novel mechanism by which certain viruses such as influenza trigger a type of immune reaction that can severely sicken or kill those ... > full story

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  Tree Resin Captures Evolution of Feathers on Dinosaurs and Birds

  September 15, 2011 — A researcher found treasure trove of Cretaceous feathers trapped in tree resin. The resin turned to resilient amber, preserving some 80 million-year-old protofeathers, possibly from non-avian ... > full story
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  Researchers Map the Global Spread of Drug-Resistant Influenza

  September 14, 2011 — In the new movie "Contagion," fictional health experts scramble to get ahead of a flu-like pandemic as a drug-resistant virus quickly spreads, killing millions of people within days after they ... > full story
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  Flu Vaccines for Nursing Home Workers Effective in Reducing Outbreaks, Study Finds

  September 12, 2011 — Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among nursing home residents, according to a new ... > full story
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  Persistent Immunity: Researchers Find Signals That Preserve Anti-Viral Antibodies

  September 1, 2011 — How does our remarkable immune system retain the ability to defend against viruses previously encountered? While antibodies persist in our blood for only a few short weeks, our bodies retain the ... > full story
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  Guidelines for Treating Pneumonia in Children

  August 31, 2011 — Immunizations, including a yearly flu vaccine, are the best way to protect children from life-threatening pneumonia, according to new ... > full story
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  Watching Viruses 'Friend' a Network: Researchers Develop Facebook Application to Track the Path of Infection

  August 30, 2011 — PiggyDemic, an application developed by researchers in Israel, allows Facebook users to "infect" their friends with a simulated virus or become infected themselves. This will allow researchers to ... > full story
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  Wide Gap in Immune Responses of People Exposed to the Flu

  August 25, 2011 — Why do some folks who take every precaution still get the flu, while others never even get the sniffles? It comes down to a person's immune system response to the flu virus, according to new ... > full story

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