Posts Tagged ‘flu’
Protein in skin T cells helps nix flu virus
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Scientists have found a new protein that protects against viral infections, including influenza. Continue…
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Top Stories - Jan 7, 2013 10:39 - 2 Comments
People judge flu risk by cost of vaccine
TULANE (US) — Based on the price of medication, consumers make irrational inferences about their risk of getting sick. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 30, 2012 11:54 - 4 Comments
Homicide spreads like the flu
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Homicide moves through a community like an infectious disease, a finding that may help police track and even prevent murders. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 29, 2012 14:46 - 0 Comments
Protein engineered to fight flu epidemics
MICHIGAN STATE (US) —Researchers have manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics, including the H1N1 strain. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 10, 2011 12:06 - 2 Comments
Many black seniors not getting flu shots
BROWN (US) — African-American nursing home residents are less likely to get flu shots than whites, even within the same facility, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 14, 2010 11:01 - 0 Comments
Flu’s evolution strikes perfect balance
U. ROCHESTER (US)—The flu’s secret formula for effectively evolving within and between species appears to be a balancing act—producing enough mutations to spread and adapt to its environment but not so many that they lead to its demise. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2010 12:19 - 4 Comments
Why do college grads get fewer colds?
STONY BROOK (US)—High school dropouts are roughly twice as likely to catch a cold as those with a college degree, new research suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 5, 2009 12:49 - 2 Comments
Pain killers dull flu shot’s effectiveness
U. ROCHESTER (US)—With flu vaccination season in full swing, researchers caution that use of many common pain killers—Advil, Tylenol, aspirin—at the time of injection may blunt the effect of the shot and have a negative effect on the immune system. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 29, 2009 13:05 - 7 Comments
Exercise offers some protection from flu
IOWA STATE (US)—Researchers have found one more reason that exercise is good for you: Moderate daily workouts appear to lessen the severity of flu symptoms and even help keep the flu at bay in mice. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 26, 2009 14:04 - 0 Comments
African-American seniors more wary of flu shots
U. BUFFALO (US)—Only 48 percent of African-American seniors get influenza vaccinations, largely because of inaccurate and incomplete information about the flu itself, safety of inoculations, and ease and necessity of the shots. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2009 18:25 - 0 Comments
Needles necessary to stem seasonal flu
U. MICHIGAN (US)—A flu shot is 50 percent more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza in healthy adults, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2009 12:59 - 0 Comments
Patch takes the ‘ouch’ out of flu vaccines
EMORY (US)—Flu vaccine delivered through microneedle skin patches is just as effective at preventing influenza in mice as immunization by hypodermic needle, researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology find. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2009 16:20 - 0 Comments
Supercomputer takes on super flu
TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—A team of researchers has been using one of the world’s fastest supercomputers to look inside the swine flu virus and study how antiviral medications interact with the flu’s proteins. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 13, 2009 15:28 - 0 Comments
Future vaccines may target fierce antibodies
PRINCETON (US)—Scientists may have found a better way to make a flu vaccine. Though theoretical, work at Princeton University takes a closer look at the poorly appreciated interaction between a virus and the antibodies that fight infection. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 12, 2009 11:47 - 0 Comments
Computer test IDs potent flu vaccines
RICE (US)—World health officials may have a new weapon to fight flu. A computerized testing method developed by Rice University scientists could make it easier to identify vaccines that are effective against multiple flu strains. (more…)
