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A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new medicines -- if emerging viruses such as the H5N1(avian flu) or H1N1/09 (swine flu) develop resistance to current antiviral therapies -- according to a presentation at the American Society for Cell Biology 49th Annual Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2009 in San Diego. http://www.physorg.com/news179329297.html Medicine & Health Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:30:06 EST news179329297 New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say. http://www.physorg.com/news177593538.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:33:00 EST news177593538 At least one strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus leaves survivors at significantly increased risk for Parkinson's disease and possibly other neurological problems later in life, according to new research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news169137452.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:00:04 EST news169137452 Giving people a sense of being in control is an important element in health messages, according to researchers at Nottingham and De Montfort universities. The research, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, looked at how language used in policy messages and media coverage affects the public perception of health threats. The report warns that lyrical and over-emotional language may be counter-productive when issuing warnings and advice about pandemics and hospital infections. http://www.physorg.com/news168843547.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:07 EST news168843547 Singapore scientists report an evolutionary analysis of a critical protein produced by the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus strain in Biology Direct journal's May 20 issue. http://www.physorg.com/news162211487.html Chemistry Fri, 22 May 2009 11:45:29 EST news162211487 One week into the race to catch up with the swine flu virus, here's the score: Virus, hundreds. Vaccine, zero. While the virus has moved with lightning speed to four continents, U.S. authorities are debating whether to make a protective vaccine. Will it be too late? http://www.physorg.com/news160547534.html Medicine & Health Sun, 03 May 2009 05:33:43 EST news160547534 Swine flu. Bird flu. Mad cow disease. SARS. These diseases have all spread from animals to humans in one form or another. But animals aren't to blame for outbreaks of animal-borne diseases -- humans are. http://www.physorg.com/news160386820.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 08:54:04 EST news160386820 At the end of July 2008, major news agencies reported an outbreak of jalapeņo-related salmonella that sickened more than 1,000 people in Mexico and the United States. It was the biggest outbreak of its kind in decades. http://www.physorg.com/news160325542.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:53:07 EST news160325542 The swine flu virus that is smoldering in this country and triggering a full-blown outbreak in Mexico is one of a growing number of animal pathogens to jump the species barrier -- and may be the microbe that jumpstarts the first globe-circling pandemic of the 21st century, experts said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news160210564.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:56:30 EST news160210564 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is greater than previously thought. Results also illustrate how the current swine flu outbreak likely came about. http://www.physorg.com/news160159862.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:52:49 EST news160159862 German authorities have discovered the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus this year, the European Commission announced Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news155927903.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:19:02 EST news155927903 In the waning months of the First World War, a lethal virus known as the Spanish flu (influenza A, subtype H1N1), swept the United States, Europe and Asia in three convulsive waves. The year was 1918. The ensuing pandemic claimed up to 100 million victims, most of whom succumbed to severe respiratory complications associated with rapidly progressing pneumonia. Many died within days of the first symptoms. http://www.physorg.com/news153482126.html Biology Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:56:05 EST news153482126 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- At the end of July 2008, major news agencies reported an outbreak of jalapeņo-related salmonella that sickened more than 1,000 people in Mexico and the United States. It was the biggest outbreak of its kind in decades. http://www.physorg.com/news149346537.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:08:57 EST news149346537 As the first globally co-ordinated plan for the planet's gravest health threats is hatched by government ministers from around the world this weekend, a new report sets out a 10-point plan for this new, globalised approach to infectious diseases such as avian flu. http://www.physorg.com/news143975853.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:17:33 EST news143975853 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse, researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus. This approach could allow for the build up of vaccine reserves that could be easily and effectively dispensed in case of an epidemic. This study was published last week in PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news134149170.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:39:30 EST news134149170