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Tips for avoiding, treating swine flu

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created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Swine flu has surfaced in the United States, and people are bound to have many questions as the illness arrives a step closer to home. Dr. Mark Dworkin, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois ...





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Common cold virus came from birds

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 0

A virus that causes cold-like symptoms in humans originated in birds and may have crossed the species barrier around 200 years ago, according to an article published in the December issue of the Journal of General Virology. ...


Scientists Develop SARS Vaccine with Common Poultry Virus

Scientists Develop SARS Vaccine with Common Poultry Virus

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created Jul 20, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The genes of a common poultry virus may hold the key to giving humans immunity to diseases such as avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).


Could science use the common cold to cure cystic fibrosis?

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In 1989 scientists identified the gene mutation that causes cystic fibrosis (CF), which led to the hope that CF lung disease could be 'cured' using gene therapy. The premise of gene therapy is that modified viruses or other ...


Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.


More children need medical help for RSV than previously known

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than 2 million children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are seen in hospitals, emergency rooms and doctors' offices in the United States every year -- many more than doctors know. In fact, only 3 percent of children ...


McMaster test detects the most prevalent respiratory viruses

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created Jan 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diagnosing a nasty cough is now a lot easier thanks to a new test developed at McMaster University, which has just been approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States.


Researcher produces, ships only H1N1 vaccine available for swine

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The only swine vaccine available for the H1N1 virus has been sent to vaccinate a swine herd infected with the virus. The vaccination marks the first time vaccine has been sent to a swine herd diagnosed with the pandemic flu.


Commercial pigs in Ind. test positive for H1N1

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.


Rethinking the antibody-dependent enhancement dengue hemorrhagic fever model

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research published this week in PLoS Medicine challenges the dogma of the antibody-dependent enhancement model (ADE) for the development of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).


WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide

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

(AP) -- The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.



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