Bird Flu Research News

Posted September 9, 2012:

• Novel Airborne Germ-Killing Oral Spray Effective in Fighting Colds and Flu

Posted September 6, 2012:

• Why Claws Come out Over Feral Cat Management: Finding Common Ground Among 'Cat People' and 'Bird People'

Posted August 31, 2012:

• Breathable Treatment to Help Prevent Asthma Attacks

Posted August 29, 2012:

• Flu Is Transmitted Before Symptoms Appear, Study in Ferrets Suggests
• Scientists Map First Steps in Flu Antibody Development
• Climate Change Could Increase Levels of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Posted August 28, 2012:

• There Are Reasons – But Not Good Ones – To Avoid a Flu Vaccine This Year

Posted August 26, 2012:

• Compound Discovered That Boosts Effect of Vaccines Against HIV and Flu

Posted August 23, 2012:

• Advantage Flu Virus: Scientists Discover One of the Ways the Influenza Virus Disarms Host Cells

Posted August 17, 2012:

• Flu Vaccine Research: Overcoming 'Original Sin'

Posted August 16, 2012:

• Virus Throws a Wrench in the Immune System
• Bird Louse Study Shows How Evolution Sometimes Repeats Itself

Posted August 15, 2012:

• Potential Hurdle to Universal Flu Vaccine Development May Be Overcome, Study Suggests

Posted August 9, 2012:

• Human Antibodies That Protect Against Large Variety of Flu Viruses Described

Posted August 2, 2012:

• Influenza Virus Replication: Catching the Cap-Snatcher

Posted August 1, 2012:

• Equatorial Regions in Brazil Less Affected by 2009 Influenza Pandemic

Posted July 31, 2012:

• An Avian Flu That Jumps from Birds to Mammals Is Killing New England's Baby Seals

Posted July 18, 2012:

• What It Takes to Be the Perfect Invading Parasite

Posted July 17, 2012:

• Online Self-Diagnosis: Am I Having a Heart Attack or Is It Just the Hiccups?

Posted July 12, 2012:

• Fossil Egg Links Dinosaurs to Modern Birds

Posted July 10, 2012:

• H1N1 Vaccine Associated With Small but Significant Risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Posted July 9, 2012:

• Taking a Bird's Eye View Could Cut Wildlife Collisions With Aircraft

Posted July 6, 2012:

• Keeping the Flu Away: Synthetic Protein Activates Immune System Within Two Hours

Posted July 2, 2012:

• Measuring the Uncertainties of Pandemic Influenza

Posted June 29, 2012:

• Both Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Are Critical to the Control of Influenza

Posted June 28, 2012:

• How Flu Can Cause Severe Infections
• Flu Immunity Is Affected by How Many Viruses Actually Cause the Infection

Posted June 26, 2012:

• Study Reveals Flu-Fighting Role for Well-Known Immune Component

Posted June 21, 2012:

• Avian Flu Viruses Which Are Transmissible Between Humans Could Evolve in Nature

Posted June 11, 2012:

• A SMART(er) Way to Track Influenza

Posted June 7, 2012:

• Pandemic Preparedness

Posted June 1, 2012:

• Computer-Designed Proteins Programmed to Disarm Variety of Flu Viruses

Posted May 29, 2012:

• Why Swine Flu Virus Is Developing Drug Resistance

Posted May 27, 2012:

• Powerful New Approach to Attack Flu Virus

Posted May 24, 2012:

• Brightly Colored Bird Bills Indicate Good Health

Posted May 22, 2012:

• Flu Shot During Pregnancy Shows Unexpected Benefits in Large Study

Posted May 21, 2012:

• Pandemic 2009 H1N1 Vaccination Produces Antibodies Against Multiple Flu Strains

Posted May 14, 2012:

• Locating Lice as They Hitch-Hike With Birds for Life
• Virus 'Barcodes' Offer Rapid Detection of Mutated Strains

Posted May 8, 2012:

• H1N1 Discovery Paves Way for Universal Flu Vaccine

Posted May 6, 2012:

• Influenza 'Histone Mimic' Suppresses Antiviral Response

Posted May 2, 2012:

• After Epic Debate, Avian Flu Research Sees Light of Day

Posted April 11, 2012:

• Studies on Resistance Against Influenza

Posted April 3, 2012:

• Children: Better Protection from Influenza With Improved Vaccine

Posted March 29, 2012:

• Genetic Regulators Hijacked by Avian and Swine Flu Viruses Identified

Posted March 27, 2012:

• Microfluidic Chip Developed to Stem Flu Outbreaks

Posted March 25, 2012:

• Genetics of Flu Susceptibility: Why the Flu Is Life-Threatening for Some, and Quite Mild for Others

Posted March 20, 2012:

• Low-Calorie Diet May Be Harmful for Bowel Disease Patients

Posted March 6, 2012:

• New H5N1 Viruses: How to Balance Risk of Escape With Benefits of Research?

Posted February 27, 2012:

• How Accurate Are Rapid Flu Tests?

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