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Vaccinating Family Members Offers Important Flu Protection To Newborns
October 26, 2008 — Vaccinating new mothers and other family members against influenza before their newborns leave the hospital creates a "cocooning effect" that may shelter unprotected children from the flu, a virus ... > full story -
Bird Flu Vaccine Protects People And Pets
October 19, 2008 — A single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics, according to a new article published in the Journal of General Virology. The vaccine protects birds ... > full story -
Flu Vaccine Not Associated With Reduced Hospitalizations Or Outpatient Visits Among Young Children
October 6, 2008 — Use of the influenza vaccine was not associated with preventing hospitalizations or reducing physician visits for the flu in children age 5 and younger during two recent seasons, perhaps because the ... > full story -
Naturally Occurring 'Protective RNA' Used To Develop New Antiviral Against Influenza
September 26, 2008 — Researchers have developed a new antiviral using naturally occurring influenza virus "protecting virus" that may defend against any influenza A virus in any animal ... > full story -
CDC Urges More Children To Get Flu Shots
September 25, 2008 — For the first time, health officials are urging all kids going back to school to get a flu shot. It's one of the changes being made after last year's bad influenza season. The Food and Drug ... > full story -
New Vaccine Element Could Generate Better Protection From Avian Influenza
September 18, 2008 — Current vaccines for influenza provide protection against specific seasonal influenza A strains and their close relatives, but not against more distant seasonal influenza A viruses and new avian ... > full story -
Mother's Flu Shot Protects Newborns
September 17, 2008 — Newborns can be protected from seasonal flu when their mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy. Researchers observed a 63 percent reduction in proven influenza illness among infants born to ... > full story -
1918 Flu Antibodies Resurrected From Elderly Survivors
August 17, 2008 — Ninety years after the sweeping destruction of the 1918 flu pandemic, researchers have recovered antibodies to the virus -- from elderly survivors of the original outbreak. In addition to revealing ... > full story -
Lung Inflammation From Influenza And Other Infections Could Be Turned Off Following New Discovery
July 27, 2008 — A new discovery could lead to treatments which turn off the inflammation in the lungs caused by influenza and other infections, according to a study published today in the journal Nature ... > full story -
High-Dose HBO2 Therapy Extends Survival Window After Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Study Suggests
July 15, 2008 — A new study has major implications for the No. 1 cause of death of Americans -- sudden cardiac arrest. To resuscitate any living organism after 25 minutes of heart stoppage at room temperature has ... > full story
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