News tagged with pandemics
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. ...
Mexico's reopening from flu lockdown faces hitches
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mexico's emergence from a national shutdown hit snags as some high schools were not cleaned in time to open and students returned to class in others without swine flu checkups. Cases of the virus ...
Experts: Mild swine flu could quickly turn deadly
May 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A flu virus is a powerhouse of evolution, mutating at the maximum speed nature allows. A mild virus can morph into a killer and vice versa.
Research team finds immune molecule that attacks wide range of flu viruses
Feb 26, 2009 |
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The discovery of the molecule, an antibody known as CR6261, is good news for researchers who hope to design a flu vaccine that would give humans lifelong protection against a majority of influenza viruses. The antibody also ...
Unmasked and vulnerable
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Donning a face mask is an easy way to boost protection from severe respiratory illnesses such as influenza and SARS, new research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found, but convincing a reluctant public ...
