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. (AP) -- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news179679161.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:53:19 EST news179679161 With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence that some over-the-counter drugs, such as aspirin and Tylenol, that inhibit certain enzymes could impact the effectiveness of vaccines. http://www.physorg.com/news178902940.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:30:01 EST news178902940 Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public. However, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department (ED) during several recent flu seasons, shows that another virus - respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- takes a substantially greater disease toll among young children than does seasonal flu. http://www.physorg.com/news178209160.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:33:27 EST news178209160 (AP) -- Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened. http://www.physorg.com/news177311881.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:18:35 EST news177311881 As flu season approaches, parents around the country are starting to face school closures. But how bad should an influenza outbreak be for a school to shut down? A study led by epidemiologists John Brownstein, PhD, and Anne Gatewood Hoen, PhD of the Children's Hospital Boston Informatics Program, in collaboration Asami Sasaki of the University of Niigata Prefecture (Niigata, Japan), tapped a detailed set of Japanese data to help guide decision making by schools and government agencies. The analysis was published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the November issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news176570555.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:40:01 EST news176570555 (AP) -- Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths - the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news176138360.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:30:03 EST news176138360 (AP) -- A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news176120744.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:01 EST news176120744 Airborne, the popular dietary supplement created by a germ-averse schoolteacher, no longer boasts that it can prevent your cold or ease the aggravating symptoms. Instead, the packaging says the effervescent pill helps "support your immune system." http://www.physorg.com/news176113321.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:00:01 EST news176113321 (AP) -- Federal health officials say swine flu is more widespread now than it's ever been. http://www.physorg.com/news175528522.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:20:01 EST news175528522 (AP) -- Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies. http://www.physorg.com/news175501895.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:10:01 EST news175501895 (AP) -- Rapidly worsening breathing problems in the sickest swine flu patients in Mexico and Canada present a scary worst-case scenario and could foreshadow what U.S. doctors face as winter flu season sets in, new reports suggest. http://www.physorg.com/news174569212.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:40:15 EST news174569212 A comprehensive study has revealed, for the first time, the impact of swine flu on the health of the general public in Australia and New Zealand. http://www.physorg.com/news174300307.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:45:49 EST news174300307 Swine flu is not a danger for what it is, the experts say. It's a danger for what it could be. That's why officials are pushing swine flu vaccine, which should start arriving as early as Oct. 6. http://www.physorg.com/news173379230.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:20:01 EST news173379230 (PhysOrg.com) -- You wake up a bit dizzy with a headache. By the time you dress and arrive at work, your throat is sore and your nose is runny. You're running a slight temperature. Could it be H1N1 flu? Should you rush to the emergency room? http://www.physorg.com/news172946284.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:20:03 EST news172946284 H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business. http://www.physorg.com/news172944778.html Other Sciences Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:00:01 EST news172944778 (PhysOrg.com) -- It's flu season, and whether you have the H1N1 virus or just the garden variety flu virus, you may not feel like doing much of anything - especially going out to meet friends or heading off to work. That's a good thing, according to health care professionals. Anyone with flu-like symptoms should do all they can to avoid contact with others, at least until 24 hours after their fever has cleared without the use of fever-reducing medications. http://www.physorg.com/news172418999.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:20:04 EST news172418999 (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 Novel H1N1 influenza, better known as swine flu, reached pandemic status in June, but many public health experts believe its threat may peak with the flu season this fall. As a vaccine is being developed, communities are emphasizing common-sense prevention and finalizing large-scale response plans should H1N1 sicken millions. http://www.physorg.com/news171135017.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:40:03 EST news171135017 (PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate the heightened communicability of the virus. http://www.physorg.com/news171017947.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:11 EST news171017947 The World Health Organisation's announcement Friday that the 2009 H1N1 virus has become the dominant strain of flu worldwide fits a historical pattern, but the impact on vaccine policy remains unclear, a top expert said. http://www.physorg.com/news170744057.html Medicine & Health Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:00:02 EST news170744057 (AP) -- Health officials are stressing that it is vital for pregnant women and new parents to get the swine flu vaccine to protect themselves and their children. http://www.physorg.com/news170613875.html Medicine & Health Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:00:03 EST news170613875 (AP) -- Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90,000 people dying from swine flu this fall. http://www.physorg.com/news170528748.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:06:25 EST news170528748 (AP) -- Health officials are offering some basic advice for college students with flu symptoms: Avoid other people until 24 hours after a fever is gone. http://www.physorg.com/news170065022.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:40:01 EST news170065022 The hot back-to-school item for college students? A thermometer. And a plan to go home or hunker down in a dorm room if the swine flu strikes. http://www.physorg.com/news169964686.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:50:02 EST news169964686 As flu season draws nearer along with the potential for resurgence in H1N1, leading infectious diseases doctors, hospital epidemiologists, and infection preventionists urge officials to base recommendations for the public and healthcare workers on scientific knowledge and frontline experience gained from the outbreak this summer. http://www.physorg.com/news169300539.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:10:04 EST news169300539 (AP) -- Get ready to roll up your sleeve three times for flu shots this fall. That's right, three times. This year's flu season is shaping up to be a very different one. Most people will need one shot for the regular seasonal flu and probably two others to protect against the new swine flu. http://www.physorg.com/news168796642.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:57:44 EST news168796642 (AP) -- Swine flu vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of it in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news168777519.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:39:11 EST news168777519 (AP) -- Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday. The vaccine is being tested in a yearlong trial of 6,000 people of all ages in Britain, Germany and the United States, Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff told The Associated Press, adding that the vaccine will likely be on the market before the trial finishes. http://www.physorg.com/news168682913.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:22:28 EST news168682913 (AP) -- In a drive to inoculate people against swine flu before winter, many European governments say they will fast-track the testing of a new flu vaccine, arousing concern among some experts about safety issues and proper vaccine doses. http://www.physorg.com/news167826081.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:40:01 EST news167826081 As two Stanford University researchers described their experience watching public reactions in the initial days of the H1N1 flu outbreak, it sounded like one of those nature films in which tiny fish dart back and forth in perfect unison -- thousands of individuals behaving as if they were one body. http://www.physorg.com/news162672759.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 19:54:20 EST news162672759