Study Shows What Helped During 1918 Flu

December 12th, 2006

(AP) -- Government health officials tried to build their case for school closings and similar steps during a flu pandemic by showcasing new research Monday that suggests such measures seemed to work during the deadly Spanish flu of 1918.

Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Swine flu virus starting to look less threatening

May 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

1918 flu resulted in current lineage of H1N1 swine influenza viruses, study says

Apr 30, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 1

Seattle school to study 1918 flu virus

Jan 17, 2006 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

1918 Spanish flu records could hold the key to solving future pandemics

Nov 10, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 1

Denmark reports first case of resistance to swine flu treatment

Jun 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

rank
1
2
3
4
5

4.4/5 after 7 votes

Other News

Alzheimer's research pinpoints antibodies that may prevent disease

Medicine & Health / Research

19 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

Antibodies to a wide range of substances that can aggregate to form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer's patients, have been identified in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people. Levels of these antibodies ...

Internet-based intervention may improve insomnia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

26 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients' sleep, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the ...

Understanding the anticancer effects of vitamin D3

Medicine & Health / Cancer

18 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

The active form of vitamin D3 seems to have anticancer effects. To try and understand the mechanisms underlying these effects, researchers previously set out to identify genes whose expression in a human colon cancer cell ...

Long-term survival from abdominal aortic aneurysm repair improving

Medicine & Health / Research

56 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

Long-term survival for patients undergoing surgical repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms has improved in recent decades, according to a Swedish study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Antidepressants aid electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

46 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

Combining antidepressant drugs with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does a better job of reducing symptoms of severe depression and causes less memory loss than using ECT alone, according to a new study by researchers at ...