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This year’s flu vaccine guards against new strains
• Drug News • • Flu • Sep 28 12
Time to get your flu vaccine - and a surprising new report shows babies and toddlers seem to be getting protected better than…
Exposure to Snot-Nosed Kids Ups Severity of Cold Infections
• Children's Health • • Flu • Sep 27 12
Exposure to school-age children raises the odds that a person with lung disease who catches a cold will actually suffer symptoms like a runny…
Tobacco smoke tied to flu complications in kids
• Children's Health • • Flu • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 03 12
Kids hospitalized with the flu are more likely to need intensive care and a longer stay if they’ve been exposed to second-hand smoke at…
H1N1 vaccine tied to small Guillain-Barre risk
• Drug Abuse • • Flu • Jul 10 12
Older adults who got the H1N1 flu vaccine in 2009 had a slightly increased risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome - but the shots weren’t linked…
2009 swine flu outbreak was 15 times deadlier: study
• Flu • • Infections • Jun 26 12
The swine flu pandemic of 2009 killed an estimated 284,500 people, some 15 times the number confirmed by laboratory tests at the time, according…
Does your doctor have the flu?
• Flu • • Public Health • Jun 20 12
Many doctors-in-training have gone to work with flu symptoms, ignoring the risks of passing on bugs to vulnerable patients, a new survey shows.
Half…
Cambodian girl, 10, dies from bird flu: WHO
• Flu • • Infections • • Public Health • May 30 12
A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, the country’s third fatality from the virulent disease this…
Tamiflu: Full reports from trials should be public and regulators respond to Tamiflu recommendations
• Drug News • • Flu • Apr 10 12
The full clinical study reports of drugs that have been authorized for use in patients should be made publicly available in order to allow…
Flu Season Just Beginning, but Could Ramp Up Quickly
• Flu • Feb 26 12
The geographic spread of actual flu cases presents a slightly different picture, according to the CDC. From that perspective, Colorado and California had widespread…
Influenza vaccination of pregnant women helps their babies
• Children's Health • • Flu • • Pregnancy • Feb 21 12
Vaccinating pregnant women against the influenza virus appears to have a significant positive effect on birth weight in babies, according to a study published…
Flu season is officially here, off to its latest start in nearly 25 years
• Flu • Feb 19 12
Health officials say the flu season is finally here - the slowest start in nearly 25 years.
Until this month, there weren’t enough flu…
Bird flu research to be published in full
• Flu • • Public Health • Feb 19 12
Two studies reporting what makes the H5N1 bird flu virus transmissible in mammals should be published fully, with no details left out, say flu…
How young adults deal with influenza
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 24 12
Only about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, according to a…
More labs close to deadly bird flu mutations: researcher
• Flu • • Infections • Jan 20 12
An international debate over whether to censor new research on bird flu may soon prove academic, as other laboratories close in on similar findings…
Lipid Blocks Influenza Infection
• Flu • • Infections • Nov 09 11
A natural lipid in the fluid lining the lungs inhibits influenza infections in both cell cultures and mouse models, according to researchers at National…
Study: Obesity limits effectiveness of flu vaccines
• Flu • • Obesity • Oct 25 11
People carrying extra pounds may need extra protection from influenza.
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that obesity…
Does My Child Need a Flu Shot or Not?
• Children's Health • • Flu • Oct 20 11
It’s a common question parents ask themselves this time of year: Does my child really need a flu shot? Though the flu may seem…
U.S. health officials push flu shots for all
• Flu • • Public Health • Sep 22 11
U.S. health officials are looking to capitalize on significant gains in flu vaccination rates with a new campaign emphasizing the need for all Americans…
Lower Rate Of Childhood Hospitalizations Due To Flu In The USA Than Canada
• Flu • • Public Health • Sep 20 11
Proportionally fewer US young children are hospitalized due to flu than in Canada, because the USA expanded its recommendations for seasonal flu shots to…
Annual Flu Season is Coming – Get Your Flu Shot
• Flu • Sep 16 11
Influenza vaccine is starting to arrive at local health departments, pharmacies and health care facilities around the state. The Illinois Department of Public Health,…
Flu vaccines for nursing home workers effective in reducing outbreaks: study
• Flu • • Public Health • Sep 12 11
Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among nursing home residents, according to a study…
Two U.S. children develop flu from pigs: CDC
• Flu • • Infections • Sep 04 11
Two U.S. children were infected with flu viruses that originated in pigs in the past two months, and an analysis of both viruses showed…
H1N1 Flu Vaccine Safe in Patients with Kidney Failure or Transplant
• Flu • • Urine Problems • Aug 19 11
When the influenza A (H1N1) virus swept around the world in spring 2009, infection was presumed to be more common in immunosuppressed patients, such…
Flu “super antibody” may bring universal shot closer
• Flu • Jul 28 11
Scientists have found a flu “super antibody” called FI6 that can fight all types of influenza A viruses that cause disease in humans and…
Flu “super antibody” may bring universal shot closer
• Flu • Jul 28 11
Scientists have found a flu “super antibody” called FI6 that can fight all types of influenza A viruses that cause disease in humans and…