News tagged with flu bug
Pandemic, or just a bad bug? (w/Webcast)
(PhysOrg.com) -- International alarm about swine flu is ebbing as the virus has proven far less virulent than was feared. But important questions and concerns remain about the new flu strain and its potential ...
May 08, 2009 |
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Valentine's day is the worst time to kiss, says disease expert
(Medical Xpress) -- Say “I love you” with flowers, chocolates or a greeting card, but be careful when you kiss this Valentine’s Day.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Do hand sanitizers really work? And if so, how?
Everywhere you turn of late, it seems you’re confronted with a bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. We asked Professor James Scott whether these formulations work—and if so, how?
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Separate the facts from flu fiction
Amanda Kanowitz was a healthy 4-year-old when she got the flu. Her first symptoms-cough, low fever, vomiting - seemed like signs of any common childhood bug, and the doctor suggested fluids and rest. Three days later, her ...
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Chagas disease may be a threat in South Texas, says researcher
Chagas disease, a tropical parasitic disease that can lead to life-threatening heart and digestive disorders, may be more widespread in Texas than previously thought, according to research from The University ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Decade after anthrax attacks, worry over stockpile
(AP) -- Anthrax vaccine - check. Antibiotics - check. A botulism treatment - check. Smallpox vaccine - check.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Uh-oh: Scientists say film 'Contagion' is for real
(AP) -- Yes, it could happen. But it's a stretch. "Contagion," a Hollywood thriller that opened last weekend, rocketed to No. 1 at the box office through its gripping tale of a fictional global epidemic driven ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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New global killers: heart, lung disease and cancer
What's killing us? For decades, global health leaders have focused on diseases that can spread - AIDS, tuberculosis, new flu bugs. They pushed for vaccines, better treatments and other ways to control germs that were only ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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IDSA/PIDS announce guidelines for treating pneumonia in children
Immunizations, including a yearly flu vaccine, are the best way to protect children from life-threatening pneumonia, according to new guidelines from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Back-to-school can mean vaccines for tweens, teens
(AP) -- Backpack. Notebooks. Whooping cough shot?
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Lyme disease -- why do some fare better than others?
(Medical Xpress) -- Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) is a spirochete, a coiled bacterium that looks like a kinetic spring. Just a few microns long, smaller than the width of a human hair, it is invisible to the na ...
Jun 09, 2011 |
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