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Tobacco Plants Yield First Vaccine For Dreaded 'Cruise Ship Virus'
August 18, 2009 — Scientists have used a new vaccine production technology to develop a vaccine for norovirus, a dreaded cause of diarrhea and vomiting that may be the second most common viral infection in the United ... > full story -
Officials And Public Urged To Use Latest Evidence As Guide In H1N1 Prevention And Protection Procedures
August 12, 2009 — As flu season draws nearer along with the potential for resurgence in H1N1, leading infectious diseases doctors, hospital epidemiologists, and infection preventionists urge officials to base ... > full story -
Past Flu Pandemics Studied For Clues To Future Course Of 2009 H1N1 Virus
August 11, 2009 — A commonly held belief that severe influenza pandemics are preceded by a milder wave of illness arose because some accounts of the flu pandemic of 1918-19 suggested that it may have followed such a ... > full story -
Britain's First Swine-Flu Trials Under Way
August 11, 2009 — Britain’s first swine flu vaccine trials are taking place at the Leicester Royal ... > full story -
Avian Influenza Strain Primes Brain For Parkinson's Disease
August 10, 2009 — At least one strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus leaves survivors at significantly increased risk for Parkinson's disease and possibly other neurological problems later in life, according to new ... > full story -
New Method For Diagnosis Of Pestivirus Infections In Swine
August 7, 2009 — Researchers have developed a new multiplex RT-PCR method that provides a rapid, highly sensitive, and cost-effective laboratory diagnosis for classical swine fever and other pestivirus infections in ... > full story -
Overly Emotional Language May Be Counter-Productive When Issuing Warnings About Pandemics And Hospital Infections
August 7, 2009 — Giving people a sense of being in control is an important element in health messages, according to researchers. The research looked at how language used in policy messages and media coverage affects ... > full story -
Cyber Exploring The 'Ecosystems' Of Influenzas
August 5, 2009 — Predicting the infection patterns of influenzas requires tracking both the ecology and the evolution of the fast-morphing viruses that cause them, said a researcher who enlists computers to model ... > full story -
Anti-Influenza Drugs -- Relenza And Tamiflu -- Appear Equally Effective At Preventing Flu Symptoms
August 3, 2009 — Two common anti-influenza drugs -- Relenza and Tamiflu -- appear equally effective at preventing common flu symptoms when given before infection, say researchers. However, data is lacking on the ... > full story -
New, Faster Way To Diagnose, Fight Flu
August 2, 2009 — Researchers are using a new and faster method of rapidly producing highly targeted monoclonal antibodies for use in diagnostic tests as well as a temporary therapy to stave off infectious diseases ... > full story
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