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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza.
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PandemicFlu.gov (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
The majority of deaths during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 were not caused by the influenza virus acting alone, report researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. Instead, most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Densely populated cities and increased air travel can be factors which create and spread pandemic disease. But a McMaster University researcher is working with isolated Hutterite communities to understand the transmission of pandemic diseases like influenza. Dr. Mark Loeb and his research team have received $1.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Roche announced the introduction of a flexible purchase program that will allow U.S. businesses to maintain access to their own stockpile of TamifluĀ® for use in a pandemic situation, with limited upfront investment and more adaptability to deal with unknown factors inherent in pandemic planning. Under the new plan, businesses pay a nominal annual fee to "reserve" their own stockpile of Tamiflu, which...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
Health care professionals should increase influenza immunization rates by implementing key, practice-proven interventions and offering vaccine at every opportunity throughout the entire influenza season, conclude leading influenza experts in a July 2008 supplement to The American Journal of Medicine.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
A nasal spray that mimics our own natural defense system may be the answer to beating the common cold, according to a report in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) magazine, Chemistry & Industry.The spray, being produced by the Califormia based company Novabay, contains an analogue of N-Chlorotaurine (NCT), a compound produced by white blood cells when they are attacked.
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PandemicFlu.gov (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $12.9 million for the development of low-cost influenza tests that can detect and differentiate seasonal human influenza viruses from avian influenza within three hours.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Tired of catching every winter bug that goes around? Boosting antioxidant-rich fruit and vegetables could be the best defence against winter sniffles and sneezes, according to Accredited Practising Dietitians. The Dietitians Association of Australia said fruit and vegetables contained the right mix of antioxidants for a healthy immune system.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this year's seasonal flu vaccine has only been 44 per cent effective. And depending on how you look at the effectiveness in the various strains, it would appear overall to be the least effective vaccine for since the 1997-98 flu season when the vaccine effectiveness was essentially zero, the CDC told a press conference.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
AirInSpace, a leading supplier of mobile devices that "catch and kill" harmful and resistant biological particles from the air, announced that its partner, Montreal-based Air Data Inc. (ADI), has been certified by the airworthiness branch of Transport Canada to manufacture and market ADI's JetAirĀ® Bio-Protection System (BPS), business jet version.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17/04/2008
Scientists from around the world have teamed up to track the way the seasonal flu virus travels from its origins in East and Southeast Asia to where it fizzles out in South America. They hope the discovery will help to improve flu vaccines by making it easier to anticipate how the virus evolves.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17/04/2008
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) said that it has received positive results from an immunogenicity study in ferrets inoculated with the company's trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine candidate.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 15/04/2008
Pharmacists are asked to advise all customers requesting any OTC cough and cold product that these medicines should not be used in infants and children less than 2 years of age. There have been a number of overseas reports of serious adverse effects among infants and children given non-prescription cough and cold medicines.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 14/04/2008
Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD) disclosed that it has initiated studies to test the in vitro effectiveness of the Aethlon HemopurifierĀ® to capture a partially reconstructed version of the Spanish Flu of 1918, a viral pandemic outbreak that killed approximately 40-50 million people during a 25-month time span.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Closing schools in the event of a flu pandemic could slow the spread of the virus and prevent up to one in seven cases, according to a new study published today in the journal Nature.