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Ukraine made an urgent appeal to world powers for help battling swine flu on Sunday, after 60 people died from respiratory problems in a week. http://www.physorg.com/news176310379.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:20:01 EST news176310379 Early action, especially rapid rollout of vaccines, is extremely effective in reducing the attack rate of the H1N1 influenza virus, according to a simulation model of a pandemic outbreak reported in a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://www.physorg.com/news174662382.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:50:16 EST news174662382 (AP) -- Twenty-five cities and states have ordered swine flu vaccine, and the first doses should be administered Tuesday, officials said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news173627674.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:55:03 EST news173627674 A search through decades-old frozen infant stool samples has yielded rich dividends for scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The team customized a laboratory technique to screen thousands of samples for norovirus, a major cause of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in people of all ages. What they discovered about the rate of evolution of a specific group of noroviruses could help researchers develop specific antiviral drugs and, potentially, a vaccine against a disease that is very unpleasant and sometimes deadly. http://www.physorg.com/news173615874.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:38:52 EST news173615874 For kidney transplant recipients, infection with a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) may lead to devastating complications. New research suggests that extending the period of preventive treatment after kidney transplantation can reduce the risk of CMV disease, according to an upcoming report in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). http://www.physorg.com/news172434603.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:30:01 EST news172434603 (AP) -- A new flu medicine may be on the way. Researchers say the experimental drug peramivir (purr-AM-uh-veer) works as well as Tamiflu for clearing up flu symptoms. http://www.physorg.com/news172074739.html Medicine & Health Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:50:02 EST news172074739 Scientists in China have discovered that roots of a plant used a century ago during the great Spanish influenza pandemic contains substances with powerful effects in laboratory experiments in killing the H1N1 swine flu virus that now threatens the world. The plant has a pleasant onion-like taste when cooked, but when raw it has sap so foul-smelling that some call it the "Dung of the Devil" plant. Their report is scheduled for the Sept. 25 issue of ACS' Journal of Natural Products. http://www.physorg.com/news171745407.html Chemistry Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:10:01 EST news171745407 Building upon a series of successful preclinical studies, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety and activity of a human monoclonal antibody they developed that can neutralize the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). http://www.physorg.com/news168778307.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:52:16 EST news168778307 (AP) -- Pregnant women who get swine flu are at least four times as likely to be hospitalized as other people with the virus, a new study says. http://www.physorg.com/news168067697.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:28:56 EST news168067697 Development of a swine flu vaccine was partly triggered by evidence that seasonal influenza strains are developing resistance to antiviral drug Tamiflu, a World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news161365257.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 16:41:14 EST news161365257 The addition of the anti-viral drug telaprevir to a standard treatment for hepatitis C can shorten the duration of therapy and increase the number of patients who can be cured of their disease, according to the results of study coordinated by investigators from the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). http://www.physorg.com/news160275409.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:57:21 EST news160275409 (AP) -- Esti Lamonaca's illness started with a high fever, a cough and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the beach in Cancun with friends. By the weekend, her voice was hoarse and she was wearing a surgical mask. http://www.physorg.com/news160030775.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:00:10 EST news160030775 Workers age 50-64 who received influenza vaccine lost substantially fewer days of work and worked fewer days while ill, according to a new study in the Feb. 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Given the concerns about antiviral drug resistance among this year's flu strains, the study highlights the importance of vaccination to prevent influenza. http://www.physorg.com/news151073410.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:50:10 EST news151073410 Influenza's ability to resist the effects of cheap and popular antiviral agents in Asia and Russia should serve as a cautionary tale about U.S. plans to use the antiviral Tamiflu in the event of widespread avian flu infection in humans, scientists say. http://www.physorg.com/news150558036.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:40:36 EST news150558036