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 aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70 percent of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and analysis of observational studies conducted by researchers at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VIDI) at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. http://www.physorg.com/news171811547.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:26:08 EST news171811547 (PhysOrg.com) -- Pandemic swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu can, according to a new study published today in Nature Biotechnology. The researchers, from Imperial College London, say this may explain why people infected with the pandemic strain of swine-origin H1N1 influenza are more likely to suffer more severe symptoms than those infected with the seasonal strain of H1N1. They also suggest that scientists should monitor the current pandemic H1N1 influenza virus for changes in the way it infects cells that could make infections more serious. http://www.physorg.com/news171781315.html Biology Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:02:35 EST news171781315 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- In 1918, the Spanish flu raced around the globe, ending the lives of an estimated 40 million people in less than a year. Epidemiologists believe one in four Americans became infected during that pandemic with 750,000 dying. http://www.physorg.com/news171648246.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:20:01 EST news171648246 (AP) -- Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000. http://www.physorg.com/news171002228.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:30:01 EST news171002228 (AP) -- Government officials are calling on U.S. businesses to help manage swine flu this fall by getting vaccines to vulnerable workers and encouraging employees with symptoms to stay home. http://www.physorg.com/news169903596.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:40:01 EST news169903596 A commonly held belief that severe influenza pandemics are preceded by a milder wave of illness arose because some accounts of the devastating flu pandemic of 1918-19 suggested that it may have followed such a pattern. But two scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, say the existing data are insufficient to conclude decisively that the 1918-19 pandemic was presaged by a mild, so-called spring wave, or that the responsible virus had increased in lethality between the beginning and end of 1918. http://www.physorg.com/news169227271.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:35:35 EST news169227271 (AP) -- The swine flu pandemic is spurring makers of seasonal flu vaccines to ship them to the U.S. market well ahead of schedule, and supplies are tightening as distributors and others snap up vaccine vials. http://www.physorg.com/news168765751.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:40:06 EST news168765751 A model of influenza transmission and treatment suggests that, if the current swine flu pandemic behaves like the 1918 flu, antiviral treatment should be reserved for the young. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that, in this situation, providing the elderly with antiviral drugs would not significantly reduce mortality, and may lead to an increase in resistance. http://www.physorg.com/news167989595.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:02 EST news167989595 (AP) -- In a disturbing new projection, health officials say up to 40 percent of Americans could get swine flu this year and next and several hundred thousand could die without a successful vaccine campaign and other measures. http://www.physorg.com/news167720097.html Medicine & Health Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:55:24 EST news167720097 Experts in intensive care and anaesthesia have predicted that the current swine flu pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds and ventilators in England, with hospitals on the South East Coast, and in the South West, East of England and East Midlands, being worst hit. http://www.physorg.com/news167650834.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:00:03 EST news167650834 A standard calculation used in forecasting potential numbers of deaths during the swine flu pandemic risks misleading healthcare planners by being open to both over- and under-estimation of the true figures, say the authors of new research published today in the British Medical Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news166869207.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:02 EST news166869207 The strain of influenza, A/H1N1, that is currently pandemic in humans has been shown to be infectious to pigs and to spread rapidly in a trial pig population. http://www.physorg.com/news166383267.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:34:48 EST news166383267 A team from MIT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a genetic explanation for why the new H1N1 "swine flu" virus has spread from person to person less effectively than other flu viruses. http://www.physorg.com/news165764078.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:35:09 EST news165764078 The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report infectious disease experts at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in the New England Journal of Medicine. Their paper, published online today and slated for the July 16 print issue, describes H1N1's nearly century-long and often convoluted journey, which may include the accidental resurrection of an extinct strain. http://www.physorg.com/news165515364.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:30:01 EST news165515364 Pandemic. The word alone evokes images of societal chaos. But is that what we're really in for this fall, when the world faces its first official pandemic flu season since 1968? http://www.physorg.com/news165149106.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:01 EST news165149106 A US company that on Tuesday was awarded a 35-million-dollar contract to develop an influenza vaccine using insect cell technology has produced a first batch against (A)H1N1 flu, company boss Dan Adams said. http://www.physorg.com/news165038528.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:20:02 EST news165038528 Worried about swine flu? Don't want to wait for a shot or a prescription from your doctor? http://www.physorg.com/news164982175.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:23:51 EST news164982175 Targeting children may be an effective use of limited supplies of flu vaccine, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the EU. The study suggests that, used to support other control measures, this could help control the spread of pandemics such as the current swine flu. http://www.physorg.com/news164454007.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:44:18 EST news164454007 Nations around the world said they were ready to combat the spread of the swine flu virus Friday, urging people not to panic after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic. http://www.physorg.com/news163997227.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:50:01 EST news163997227 The swine flu has escalated into the world's first influenza pandemic in 40 years, the World Health Organization declared Thursday, after infecting tens of thousands of people in 74 countries. http://www.physorg.com/news163990710.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:58:44 EST news163990710 (AP) -- The World Health Organization is gearing up to declare a swine flu pandemic, a move that could trigger both the large-scale production of vaccines and questions about why the move was delayed for weeks as the virus continued to spread. http://www.physorg.com/news163864651.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:57:43 EST news163864651 Health authorities edged towards global swine flu pandemic status Wednesday as the virus wreaked havoc with Australian sports scheduling and Colombia reported its first death. http://www.physorg.com/news163854122.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:02:52 EST news163854122 The World Health Organisation on Friday began consulting its emergency committee of flu experts on the severity of the swine flu virus and possible travel recommendations. http://www.physorg.com/news163415492.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:11:58 EST news163415492 The world is "getting closer" to a swine flu pandemic as the virus shows early signs of spreading locally in countries outside the Americas, a senior World Health Organisation official said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news163168813.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:40:40 EST news163168813 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 (AP) -- Flu experts are looking very closely at Britain - and some have decided that the U.K.'s swine flu-fighting tactics are seriously off the mark and may be hiding a much larger outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news162142713.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 16:39:30 EST news162142713 (AP) -- The chief of the World Health Organization says she is not raising the world swine flu alert level just yet. http://www.physorg.com/news161869706.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 12:48:52 EST news161869706 Traffic to the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soared in April as Americans searched the Internet for information about swine flu, research firm comScore said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news161544349.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 18:26:16 EST news161544349 (AP) -- As swine flu cases hit 6,500 worldwide, World Health Organization officials were meeting with vaccine manufacturers and other experts in Geneva on Thursday to discuss making a vaccine to fight the virus. http://www.physorg.com/news161513537.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 09:52:46 EST news161513537