News tagged with flu infections
Pharma's niche focus spurs US aid for antibiotics
(AP) -- The pharmaceutical industry won approval to market a record number of new drugs for rare diseases last year, as a combination of scientific innovation and business opportunity spurred new treatments for diseases ...
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Jan 25, 2012 |
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Chinese man critical with bird flu
A man is in critical condition after testing positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, state media said Saturday.
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Hong Kong culls chickens to battle bird flu
Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens Wednesday and suspended live poultry imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Creation of the largest human-designed protein boosts protein engineering efforts
(PhysOrg.com) -- If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt chemists would have just claimed it.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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'Stomach flu' may be linked to food allergies
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have found a possible link between norovirus, a virus that causes "stomach flu" in humans, and food allergies. The findings are published in The Open Immunology Journal, Volume ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Drug-resistant infections: A new epidemic, and what you can do to help
(Medical Xpress) -- Are you aware that colds, flu, most sore throats and bronchitis are caused by viruses? Did you know that antibiotics do not help fight viruses and that using them for viral infections only decreases their ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Global flu watch: Report of rare flu coinfection in Southeast Asia hot spot
Researchers conducting influenza-like illness surveillance in Cambodia have confirmed a rare incidence of individuals becoming infected with a seasonal influenza and the pandemic strain at the same time, a reminder of the ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Rebooting the system: Immune cells repair damaged lung tissues after flu infection
There's more than one way to mop up after a flu infection. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in Nature Immunology that a previously unrecognized popula ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Compound kills highly contagious flu strain by activating antiviral protein
A compound tested by UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators destroys several viruses, including the deadly Spanish flu that killed an estimated 30 million people in the worldwide pandemic of 1918.
Sep 26, 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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Humabs discovers the first antibody to neutralize both group 1 and group 2 influenza A viruses
A paper published today in the scientific research journal Science, describes a novel, proprietary monoclonal antibody (FI6) discovered in a collaboration between Humabs BioMed SA, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine ("IRB" ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Pregnacy virus warning
A virus that causes hearing loss and intellectual disabilities in infants is being underdiagnosed, according to UNSW researchers, who are calling for routine screening for all pregnant women and newborns.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Adjuvant combo shows potential for universal influenza vaccine
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered how to prime a second arm of the immune system to potentially boost influenza vaccine effectiveness. A combination of two adjuvants, chemicals used to boost the effectiveness ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Long-term study of swine flu viruses shows increasing viral diversity
Increased transportation of live pigs appears to have driven an increase in the diversity of swine influenza viruses found in the animals in Hong Kong over the last three decades, according to a new study.
May 25, 2011 |
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