News tagged with influenza strain
New model may help scientists better predict and prevent influenza outbreaks
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Each year, the influenza virus evolves. And each year, public health officials try to predict what the new strain will be and how it will affect the population in order to best combat it.
Triple-combo drug shows promise against antiviral-resistant H1N1, researcher says (w/ Video)
Oct 27, 2009 |
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An experimental drug cocktail that includes three prescriptions now widely available offers the best hope in developing a single agent to treat drug-resistant H1N1 swine flu, says a virology researcher in the University of ...
Communicating in a pandemic: New research identifies what we want to know and when
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How much information do people want in the event of an influenza pandemic? When do they want to be told, and who should the information come from?
Lessons learned from H1N1 virus pandemic
Oct 09, 2009 |
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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.
Tamiflu Metabolite Found in Sewage Discharge, River Water
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published September 28th ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers measured oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active metabolite of the popular anti-i ...
When flu viruses 'shift and drift', how many vaccines?
Aug 29, 2009 |
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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. ...
Swine flu virus now most prevalent strain of flu: WHO
Aug 28, 2009 |
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The World Health Organisation said Friday that the swine flu virus has overtaken other viruses to become the most prevalent flu strain.
US: 160M doses of swine flu vaccine due in Oct.
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. expects to have 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, even though manufacturers worldwide are having serious trouble brewing the shots, federal health officials said Thursday.
Australia starts 1st swine flu vaccine trials
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The world's first human trials of a swine flu vaccine have begun in Australia, drug company officials said Wednesday, with the aim of controlling the virus that has so far killed more than 700 worldwide.
Human nose too cold for bird flu, says new study
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person's nose is too low, according to research published today in the journal PLoS Pathogens. The authors of the ...
Google mines online searches to map flu in Mexico
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Google.org on Wednesday began using flu-related Internet search traffic in Mexico to create an online map that might provide clues to how influenza is spreading in that country.
