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Five people in Japan may have had bird flu virus
• Flu • Dec 20 04
Five people in Japan may have been infected with the bird flu virus after an outbreak among chickens in February, but there is no…
Americans give up on flu vaccine, survey shows
• Flu • Dec 16 04
Millions of Americans have given up on getting flu shots this year, frightened off by news reports of long lines or discouraged by their…
Taiwan finds two strains of bird flu
• Flu • Dec 15 04
Taiwan has discovered two strains of avian flu in migratory birds in the northern part of the island, the first cases to be found…
Maryland Hospitals Fight Back Against the Flu
• Flu • Dec 14 04
Sick visitors to Washington County Hospital are being asked to don masks or stay away.
The Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury has asked…
UK to extend Chiron flu vaccine suspension
• Flu • Dec 08 04
U.K. regulators have extended the suspension of Chiron Corp.‘s influenza vaccine production in Liverpool, England, for another three months from Jan. 4, the company…
Fast diagnostic test developed for bird flu
• Flu • Dec 08 04
Scientists in Hong Kong and China said on Wednesday they have developed a rapid test to detect bird flu infections in humans, which could…
Flu season off to slower start, CDC chief says
• Flu • Dec 06 04
This year’s flu season has started slowly in the United States, where there are concerns about a shortage of vaccine caused by production problems…
Spray could stop spread of flu, TB, SARS - study
• Flu • Nov 29 04
Simply inhaling a saltwater spray could help prevent the spread of diseases including flu and tuberculosis, U.S. and German researchers reported on Monday.
They…
Birdflu far more deadly than SARS, WHO says
• Flu • Nov 29 04
The bird flu virus is far more lethal than the SARS virus that struck Asia last year and could unleash a pandemic that could…
Flu pandemic inevitable, plans needed urgently
• Flu • Nov 26 04
Every country in the world must come up urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by…
Health expert says flu pandemic is inevitable
• Flu • Nov 25 04
Every country in the world must come up with a plan urgently to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered…
Post-flu shot syndrome often recurs
• Flu • Nov 18 04
A distinct reaction following a flu shot, which affects perhaps 3 or 4 people out of every 100 who are vaccinated, frequently occurs again…
Hong Kong orders schools to step up fight against flu
• Flu • Nov 18 04
Hong Kong’s government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
The latest…
Officials Face Off on European Flu Vaccine
• Flu • Nov 14 04
From the sunny south to the chilly north, lines of those waiting outside clinics for flu shots may be slightly shorter this weekend because…
Nurse-Researcher Picks Accurate, Safest Thermometer
• Flu • Oct 28 04
Whether it’s a nurse trying to monitor a post-surgical patient’s temperature or a mom trying to see if her child is running a fever,…
U.S. works to deliver flu shots, some don’t wait
• Flu • Oct 25 04
U.S. health officials worked to redistribute flu vaccine to the neediest as worried Americans took matters into their own hands, heading across borders to…
Airborne fungi may underlie chronic sinusitis
• Flu • Oct 18 04
Exaggerated immune responses to common airborne fungi seem to be the basic cause of chronically inflamed nasal passages and sinuses in at least some…
Angina patients often under-medicated
• Flu • Sep 09 04
A large Veteran’s Administration study has shown that “a substantial proportion” of people with chronic stable angina do not receive optimal drug therapy.
At…
Height doesn’t influence kids’ popularity
• Flu • Sep 07 04
Parents of a short child who believe growth hormone therapy will better his or her social life may be mistaken, new study findings suggest.
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Drugs, surgery comparable for angina in elderly
• Flu • Aug 30 04
Drug therapy is just as good as surgery in prolonging the lives of elderly patients with angina, a type of chest pain caused by…
Anti-pollen cream helps with hay fever
• Flu • Aug 18 04
A cream that blocks allergic substances from entering the nose seems to reduce symptoms in patients with hay fever, new research shows. The cream,…
Mismatched flu vaccine still provided protection
• Flu • Aug 12 04
Even though the influenza vaccine used in the US during last winter’s flu season was not optimally matched to the predominant circulating strain of…
New strep vaccine shows early promise
• Flu • Aug 10 04
An experimental vaccine designed to protect against group A streptococcal infection, which can cause strep throat and more serious diseases such as scarlet fever,…
Workout sweat not just a matter of temperature
• Flu • Jul 27 04
Summer heat and vigorous exercise can both cause you to break a sweat, but new research suggests that another factor unrelated to temperature may…
Flu vaccination benefits elderly
• Flu • Jul 01 04
Influenza vaccination reduces hospitalizations and deaths due to respiratory disease in older individuals, according to a new report.
Results from clinical trials suggest that…