http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. An outbreak of swine flu has been detected in two turkey farms in Chile, government veterinary services in the country said. http://www.physorg.com/news170073702.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:42:05 EST news170073702 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 Taiwanese scientists said Tuesday they had developed an organic compound which could help control the global swine flu epidemic as the worldwide death toll from the disease passed 700. http://www.physorg.com/news167381259.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:20:03 EST news167381259 (PhysOrg.com) -- What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question was presenting itself to scientists and health officials recently at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, as they continued to do battle with H1N1, the so-called swine flu, and prepared for the next iteration of the ever-changing flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news166114364.html Chemistry Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:54:00 EST news166114364 What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, as they continue to do battle with H1N1, the so-called swine flu, and prepare for the next iteration of the ever-changing flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news164080241.html Medicine & Health Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:20:02 EST news164080241 Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat - the 'bird flu' virus - can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost 2 years. Their report is scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS` semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news162666620.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:40 EST news162666620 Those travelling abroad should take seriously advice to pack their condoms and keep their needles to themselves: research published today in the open access journal Retrovirology shows that tourists, travellers and migrants from Greece, Portugal, Serbia and Spain actively export HIV-1 subtype B to other European nations. http://www.physorg.com/news162033302.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 10:15:48 EST news162033302 (AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said it has offered to donate 50 million doses of a pandemic vaccine to the World Health Organization in the event of a global flu outbreak, according to a company spokesman. http://www.physorg.com/news161962615.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 14:37:37 EST news161962615 (PhysOrg.com) -- What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, as they continue to do battle with H1N1, the so-called swine flu, and prepare for the next iteration of the ever-changing flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news161959308.html Chemistry Tue, 19 May 2009 13:42:11 EST news161959308 Researchers have successfully tested first the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body's immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and preparation ahead of future pandemics, according to work accepted for publication, and posted online, by the Journal of Virology. The new "global" flu model is built out of preexisting, smaller-scale models that capture in mathematical equations millions of simulated interactions between virtual immune cells and viruses. http://www.physorg.com/news161868391.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 12:27:25 EST news161868391 (AP) -- Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction of the people it infects. http://www.physorg.com/news160983779.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 May 2009 06:43:33 EST news160983779 (AP) -- Now that the swine flu virus has passed from a farmworker to pigs, could it jump back to people? The question is important, because crossing species again could make it more deadly. http://www.physorg.com/news160636697.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 06:18:51 EST news160636697 Hong Kong authorities said Saturday that a dead pigeon found in the city had tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news160459355.html Medicine & Health Sat, 02 May 2009 05:03:04 EST news160459355 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 A pandemic of swine flu has edged nearer but the threat can be avoided if governments and individuals join in limiting the contagion, The Lancet said in an editorial on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news160141132.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:39:11 EST news160141132 The World Health Organization has six phases of pandemic alert to assess the potential for a new global flu outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news160128691.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:11:53 EST news160128691 New research published today (Monday April 27) from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news160071628.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:20:55 EST news160071628 (AP) -- Three more New Zealanders recently returned from Mexico are suspected of having swine flu and Spain announced the first confirmed case of the deadly virus in Europe on Monday, as countries rushed to screen travelers for fevers. http://www.physorg.com/news160039440.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:24:34 EST news160039440 A growing number of swine flu cases in Mexico and the U.S. has international health officials concerned that the aggressive virus could infect people worldwide. http://www.physorg.com/news159968252.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:38:20 EST news159968252 Asian health officials went on alert Sunday as a flu strain that has killed dozens of people in Mexico appeared to have spread to New Zealand, underscoring warnings of a potential pandemic. http://www.physorg.com/news159946928.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:42:35 EST news159946928 World health authorities on Friday rushed to tackle flu outbreaks in the United States and Mexico that have killed at least 60 people and have pandemic potential. http://www.physorg.com/news159778101.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:48:59 EST news159778101 Chinese officials had confirmed the outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu among poultry in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state media reported Sunday, quoting the ministry of agriculture. http://www.physorg.com/news159365820.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:30:48 EST news159365820 An Egyptian toddler has contracted bird flu, the 62nd recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006 and the second this week, state-news agency MENA reported on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news157986197.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:03:45 EST news157986197 A two-year-old Egyptian girl has contracted bird flu, the 60th reported case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news157453152.html Medicine & Health Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:59:55 EST news157453152 A three-year-old Vietnamese boy died Thursday from bird flu, a doctor in the southern city of Ho Chi Minh said. http://www.physorg.com/news156665286.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:08:42 EST news156665286 A new computerized method of testing could help world health officials better identify flu vaccines that are effective against multiple strains of the disease. Rice University scientists who created the method say tests of data from bird flu and seasonal flu outbreaks suggest their method can better gauge the efficacy of proposed vaccines than can tests used today. http://www.physorg.com/news156521534.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:12:47 EST news156521534 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 Hong Kong authorities said Friday that a dead chicken found in the southern Chinese territory had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news155563386.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:04:58 EST news155563386 A vaccine to protect humans from a bird flu pandemic is within reach after a new discovery by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia. http://www.physorg.com/news155237062.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:24:51 EST news155237062 The Japanese agriculture ministry said Sunday an outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm was not H5N1, the form of the disease that can be deadly to humans. http://www.physorg.com/news155117714.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:15:55 EST news155117714