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Flu Viruses Take One-Way Ticket Out Of Asia, Then Travel The World
April 16, 2008 — Seasonal influenza strains constantly evolve in overlapping epidemics in Asia and sweep the rest of the world each year, an international research team has found. These findings suggest that by ... > full story -
Flu Tracked To Viral Reservoir In Tropics
April 16, 2008 — Each winter, strains of influenza A virus infect North Americans, causing an average of 36,000 deaths. Now, researchers say the virus comes from a viral reservoir somewhere in the tropics, settling a ... > full story -
New Approach May Lead To Effective H5N1 Influenza A Virus Vaccine
March 26, 2008 — Manipulating a previously identified protein may be the key to developing an effective H5N1 influenza A virus vaccine. Since its emergence in 1997, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) ... > full story -
Cause Of Flu Epidemics Uncovered
March 4, 2008 — The exchange of genetic material between two closely related strains of the influenza A virus may have caused the 1947 and 1951 human flu epidemics, according to biologists. The findings could help ... > full story -
Major Mid-Century Influenza Epidemics Caused By Novel Hybrid Viruses
February 29, 2008 — Reassortment of the influenza A virus occurs frequently throughout its evolutionary history, according to a new study in PLoS Pathogens. The researchers found that the severe influenza epidemics of ... > full story -
Spread Of 1918 Flu Pandemic Explained
February 18, 2008 — Researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic outbreak that killed at least 50 million people. The ... > full story -
Flu Pandemic Risk: Swine Flu Monitoring Needed For Farm Workers, Study Says
February 11, 2008 — A new study recommends that workers on pig farms be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness, after a child on a communal farm in Canada was diagnosed with swine flu in 2006. Though the ... > full story -
New Hospital Standards Needed For Pediatric Flu Vaccines
February 4, 2008 — Many children hospitalized for influenza have had a recent, previous hospitalization that would have provided an easy, convenient opportunity to receive a hospital-based influenza vaccination. ... > full story -
New Vaccine Against Deadliest Strain Of Avian Flu Successful In Mice
January 29, 2008 — A vaccine against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1, has been engineered and tested. The vaccine produced a strong immune response in mice and protected them from death ... > full story -
Universal Influenza Vaccine Tested Successfully In Humans
January 24, 2008 — Scientists report the successful conclusion of Phase I trials of the universal flu vaccine in humans. The universal influenza vaccine is intended to provide protection against all 'A' strains of the ... > full story
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