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Study backs flu vaccinations for elderly
• Flu • • Aging and Gerontology • Aug 24 15
A new study of the records of millions of nursing home residents affirms the value of influenza vaccination among the elderly. The Brown University…
Genetic mutation helps explain why, in rare cases, flu can kill
• Flu • Mar 27 15
Nobody likes getting the flu, but for some people, fluids and rest aren’t enough. A small number of children who catch the influenza virus…
Lessons from the ‘Spanish flu,’ nearly 100 years later
• Flu • Oct 22 14
Just in time for flu season, a new Michigan State University study of “the mother of all pandemics” could offer insight into infection control…
Flu Vaccine May Hold Key to Preventing Heart Disease
• Flu • • Heart • Oct 22 14
Flu vaccines are known to have a protective effect against heart disease, reducing the risk of a heart attack. For the first time, this…
Findings suggest antivirals underprescribed for patients at risk for flu complications
• Flu • Jul 17 14
Patients likely to benefit the most from antiviral therapy for influenza were prescribed these drugs infrequently during the 2012-2013 influenza season, while antibiotics may…
Three-quarters of people with seasonal and pandemic flu have no symptoms
• Flu • Mar 16 14
Around 1 in 5 of the population were infected in both recent outbreaks of seasonal flu and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, but just…
Scripps Research Institute Scientists Describe Deadly Immune ‘Storm’ Caused by Emergent Flu Infections
• Flu • • Immunology • • Respiratory Problems • Feb 27 14
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have mapped key elements of a severe immune overreaction - a “cytokine storm” - that can both…
Flu activity highest among U.S. young and middle-aged: CDC
• Flu • Feb 20 14
Hardest hit this U.S. flu season are adults, from younger to middle-aged, in part because fewer have been vaccinated, a federal health agency said…
Text messaging boosts flu vaccine rates in pregnant women
• Flu • • Pregnancy • Jan 10 14
A study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the impact of text messaging reminders for influenza vaccine in a low-income…
China reports one more H7N9 bird flu death
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 10 14
China reported one more death from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in eastern Fujian province, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
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Seasonal flu widespread in the United States: CDC
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 03 14
Nearly half of the United States is reporting widespread influenza activity, most of it attributed to the H1N1 virus that caused a worldwide pandemic…
PDL-1 antibody could help immune system fight off influenza viral infection, study suggests
• Flu • • Infections • Dec 24 13
An antibody that blocks a component of a key signaling pathway in the respiratory airways could help the immune system rid the body of…
Genetic clue to fighting new strains of flu
• Flu • Dec 24 13
Researchers at the University of Melbourne have discovered a genetic marker that can accurately predict which patients will experience more severe disease in a…
1950s pandemic influenza virus remains a health threat, particularly to those under 50
• Flu • Dec 03 13
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have evidence that descendants of the H2N2 avian influenza A virus that killed millions worldwide in the 1950s…
Japanese superfood prevents flu infection
• Flu • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 05 13
Scientists have discovered that bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent flu. Could this be the next superfood?
The research, which assesses…
Even healthy kids can die from flu complications
• Children's Health • • Flu • Oct 28 13
A new report underscores what health professionals know but parents may not: The flu can be fatal to children, even healthy kids who don’t…
Flu shot halves risk of heart attack or stroke in people with history of heart attack, study finds
• Flu • • Heart • • Stroke • Oct 22 13
The flu vaccine may not only ward off serious complications from influenza, it may also reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by…
New moms and obese people risk complications from influenza: McMaster study
• Flu • • Obesity • Aug 27 13
Although up to 500,000 people world-wide die of severe influenza each year, there has been no clear evidence about who is susceptible for…
Fever reducers don’t slow children’s recovery: study
• Children's Health • • Flu • May 20 13
A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children’s recovery from an infection, contrary to the…
Potential flu pandemic lurks
• Flu • • Public Health • May 13 13
In the summer of 1968, a new strain of influenza appeared in Hong Kong. This strain, known as H3N2, spread around the globe and…
University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers Find Potential Novel Treatment for Influenza
• Flu • May 02 13
Scientists Pursue New Therapies as Deadly H7N9 Flu Spreads in China
An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and…
China reports latest bird flu death
• Flu • Apr 29 13
A man in Shanghai died from bird flu on Monday, the latest person to die from the H7N9 strain of the virus first discovered…
China’s bird flu outbreak not cause for panic: WHO
• Flu • • Public Health • Apr 08 13
A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic,…
U.S. says following new bird flu closely, preparing vaccine
• Drug News • • Flu • Apr 05 13
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday it was monitoring a new strain of bird flu and has started…
Questions In China On How H7N9 Flu Strain Killed 2
• Flu • • Public Health • Apr 01 13
Health officials say they still don’t understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman…