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Influenza in Africa should not be ignored

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Influenza is circulating in Africa, but virtually no information or attention is evident, says a new essay in this week's PLoS Medicine. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that the lack of adequate surveillance means ...


Global swine flu pandemic deaths pass 10,000: WHO

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The number of swine flu deaths worldwide passed the 10,000 mark about eight months after the pandemic strain was uncovered in April, reaching 10,582, World Health Organisation data showed Friday.


Study highlights implications of influenza pandemics on blood supplies

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A German research team has examined data on supply and demand for blood transfusions against a computer simulation of an influenza pandemic, and discovered that a severe pandemic scenario could quickly lead to a deficit of ...


Universal flu vaccine holds promise

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

An influenza vaccine that protects against death and serious complications from different strains of flu is a little closer to reality, Saint Louis University vaccine researchers have found.


Pandemic closer but not inevitable: Lancet

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A pandemic of swine flu has edged nearer but the threat can be avoided if governments and individuals join in limiting the contagion, The Lancet said in an editorial on Tuesday.


Flu pandemic in prison: A model for public health preparedness

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When pandemics occur, correctional facilities are not immune. With more than 9 million people incarcerated across the globe 2.25 million in U.S. jails and prisons alone it is vital that correctional officials and health professionals ...


Communicating in a pandemic: New research identifies what we want to know and when

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created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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?


Study calls for increased research in flu transmission to prepare for pandemic flu outbreak

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created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have completed a study to better understand the impact of infection control measures during a possible flu pandemic. Their study focused on the likelihood of the transmission of flu from ...


Swine flu origins revealed

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (14) | comments 3

A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak.


1918 flu resulted in current lineage of H1N1 swine influenza viruses, study says

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

In 1918 a human influenza virus known as the Spanish flu spread through the central United States while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently. A Kansas State University researcher has found that the virus causing ...



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