Flu

How far do your sneeze and cough go? Experts study

Ever wondered how far your sneeze goes? Or if you can stop germs from spreading by cupping your mouth with your hand when you…    

Extreme obesity associated with higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients

For those infected with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, extreme obesity was a powerful risk factor for death, according to an analysis…    

Flu kills 27 in Britain, spreading in Europe

Flu has killed 27 people in Britain since the influenza season began in October and transmission of the virus is picking up across the…    

A benefit of flu: protection from asthma?

The number of people with asthma has increased sharply over the past few decades. It has been suggested that this is a result of…    

Study shows how flu infections may prevent asthma

In a paper that suggests a new strategy to prevent asthma, scientists at Children’s Hospital Boston and their colleagues report that the influenza virus…    

Ten dead as H1N1 flu returns to Britain

The H1N1 swine flu virus which swept the globe last year has returned to Britain with 10 people dying in the last six weeks,…    

Influenza virus strains show increasing drug resistance and ability to spread

Two new studies raise public health concerns about increasing antiviral resistance among certain influenza viruses, their ability to spread, and a lack of alternative…    

Over-reactive immune system kills young adults during pandemic flu

On November 19, Jason Martin returned to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time since he…    

Protect Your Kids This Flu Season

Doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center want to make sure children are protected from influenza this flu season. The flu is an infection…    

Don’t Let Flu Season Stress You Out

As the weather turns brisk and flu season begins, bad memories of last year’s H1N1pandemic may start surfacing. Luckily, microbiologist John Tudor, Ph.D., professor…    

Most US doctors plan to get flu shots - survey

Almost all U.S. doctors in a survey released on Thursday said they plan to get vaccinated against flu this season, a finding that heartened…    

H1N1 flu virus can mutate in immunosuppressed patients-study

Patients with suppressed immune systems can quickly develop H1N1 flu infections that resist all known drugs, doctors in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.

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Zinc sprays dull sense of smell in some users

Homeopathic zinc nasal sprays don’t fight colds, and they probably cause some people to lose their sense of smell, the authors of a new…    

Half of swine flu deaths were in previously healthy people, research finds

13 July 2010: Over half of UK swine flu hospital admissions and inpatient deaths occurred in people with no underlying health problems or obvious…    

Antibody may help treat and prevent influenza outbreaks

Researchers have discovered a monoclonal antibody that is effective against “Avian” H5N1, seasonal H1N1 and the 2009 “Swine” H1N1 influenza. Scientists at Sea Lane…    

Swine flu shot protects against 1918 flu: study

People who got vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu virus may also be protected against the strain of influenza that killed 50 million to…    

New Immunizations Guidelines Everyone Should Know

Summer is all about barbeques and lazy days at the pool. It’s also a good time to start thinking about preparing for flu season,…    

Experts to review status of flu pandemic on Tuesday

An expert panel that advises the World Health Organisation on pandemics will meet on Tuesday to decide whether to declare the H1N1 flu outbreak…    

Who to blame for flu? Maybe the U.S., study finds

The United States may provide an incubating ground for some flu strains, helping them migrate to warmer climates, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

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Hand-washing, mask-wearing may limit transmission of pandemic flu

Practicing non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as hand-washing and mouth covering may help limit the transmission of the pandemic flu, but more research on…    

Vitamin D helps fend off flu, asthma attacks: study

In a study of Japanese schoolchildren, vitamin D supplements taken during the winter and early spring helped prevent seasonal flu and asthma attacks.…    

Industry crackdown on salt could save U.S. billions

Working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes…    

Flu pandemic remains moderate, easing in areas: WHO

The H1N1 flu pandemic remains moderate and its effects are probably closer to those of 1957 and 1968 than the far more deadly 1918…    

How Flu Succeeds

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Mount Sinai), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) and…    

WHO backs findings on Tamiflu for seasonal flu

The World Health Organisation on Friday endorsed findings that there is no clear evidence that the antiviral Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia…