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Children Once in Danger of Flu Shot Can Get Vaccinated, Experts Say
January 11, 2013 — As many as two percent of children may not receive the flu vaccination due to an egg allergy. But according to a recent study, administration can be safe even in children with a history of a severe ... > full story -
Game-Based Economics Research Explains Why We Roll the Dice on Flu Shots
January 11, 2013 — Using an online computer game that simulates the spread of an infectious disease among its players, researchers learned more about what motivates people to protect themselves from infection – ... > full story -
Flu Vaccine Rates in Children Remain Lower Than Expected, Despite Recommendations
January 10, 2013 — This year’s flu season is in full swing with 41 states now reporting widespread illness. Unfortunately, not enough children are getting the flu shot even though health officials recommend that ... > full story -
Significant Increase in Flu Cases as Severe Flu Season Gains Momentum
January 10, 2013 — Infectious disease experts are urging the public to get vaccinated against influenza in one of the most severe and longest flu seasons in a ... > full story -
Measuring Genomic Response to Infection Leads to Earlier, Accurate Diagnoses
January 9, 2013 — Researchers are looking to genomic technologies -- not the isolation of bacteria or viruses -- to quickly detect and diagnose infectious diseases such as the flu and ... > full story -
Consumers Judge Their Risk of Catching an Illness by the Cost of the Cure
January 4, 2013 — Consumers make irrational inferences about their health risks based on the price of their ... > full story -
Pigs in Southern China Infected With Avian Flu
December 19, 2012 — Researchers report for the first time the seroprevalence of three strains of avian influenza viruses in pigs in southern China, but not the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Their research has implications ... > full story -
New Process to Make One-Way Flu Vaccine Discovered
December 18, 2012 — A new process to make a one-time, universal influenza vaccine has been discovered. Researchers found a way to make the one-time vaccine by using recombinant genetic engineering technology that does ... > full story -
Viruses Cooperate or Conquer to Cause Maximum Destruction
December 13, 2012 — Scientists have discovered new evidence about the evolution of viruses, in work that will change our understanding about the control of infectious diseases such as winter flu. Researchers conducted ... > full story -
Long-Term Public Health Support Needed to Tackle Infectious Disease Outbreaks
December 11, 2012 — Outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as swine flu (H1N1) threaten global health and should be considered by funding agencies and humanitarian organizations as development issues rather than ... > full story
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