Posts Tagged ‘influenza’
Google alerts hospitals before flu hits
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Google’s Flu Trends tool can warn a hospital emergency room much faster than traditional reports that a flood of flu patients is coming, research shows. Continue…
Friday, January 13, 2012 16:49 - 0 Comments
Top Stories - Oct 26, 2011 10:20 - 3 Comments
Flu shots less effective for obese people
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A flu shot may not be enough to protect overweight people from influenza. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 2, 2011 12:42 - 0 Comments
Why influenza B only infects humans
RUTGERS / U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Researchers say they now know why influenza B is limited to humans, a discovery that could lead to new drugs to fight seasonal flu epidemics. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2011 14:09 - 1 Comment
Catch the bus and catch a cold
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Ride a bus or tram and you’re six times more likely to end up at the doctor’s office with cold symptoms. Daily riders, however, may be somewhat protected. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 29, 2010 12:06 - 0 Comments
Hispanics hit hard by flu shot delays
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Disparities in flu vaccination rates based on race, ethnicity, and age grow even larger in years when the vaccine supply is limited or delayed. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 26, 2010 19:23 - 2 Comments
Flu funk may have ties to depression
VANDERBILT (US) — The bad mood that often comes with the flu may be triggered by the same immune system mechanism linked to depression. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 6, 2010 16:09 - 1 Comment
This stands between you and pandemic
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Eggs—hundreds of millions of them—have to be available to make flu vaccines happen each year. But a new study with bacteria suggests there may be a way to skip the eggs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 15, 2010 12:19 - 0 Comments
Flu forecast could improve vaccine
RICE (US) — A new mathematical method may help predict whether an emerging strain of the influenza virus should be included in the annual seasonal flu vaccine. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 18, 2010 13:18 - 0 Comments
Hike payback to increase flu shots?
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Increasing the amount that physicians are reimbursed by Medicaid for administering influenza shots may raise vaccination rates among poor children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 21, 2010 11:17 - 4 Comments
Melting needles make vaccines painless
EMORY/GEORGIA TECH (US)—A patch with hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could make it possible to painlessly administer vaccines—while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza. (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 - Jun 4, 2010 9:49 - 3 Comments
Why H1N1 developed a resistance to Tamiflu
CALTECH (US)—Biologists have pinpointed molecular changes that helped allow the global spread of resistance to the antiviral medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir) among strains of the seasonal H1N1 flu virus. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 16, 2010 10:15 - 0 Comments
Obese bodies forget how to fight flu
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—Being overweight appears to inhibit the immune system’s ability to “remember” how it fought off previous similar bouts of illness. This could limit the body’s ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses, particularly secondary infections, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 10, 2009 18:15 - 1 Comment
Surprising weakness found in H1N1
RICE (US)—The H1N1 influenza virus has been keeping a secret that may be the key to defeating it and other flu viruses as well. (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 21, 2009 12:27 - 1 Comment
Past viruses may help stifle flu pandemic
UC DAVIS (US)—Researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus have identified a group of molecular sites on the virus also present in seasonal flu viruses that have been circulating for years. The findings suggest people exposed to earlier viruses may have some immunity to H1N1. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 13, 2009 11:40 - 1 Comment
Gauge flu symptoms with online tool
EMORY (US)—A new H1N1 self-assessment tool for consumers and health care workers is available on several major national Web sites—including flu.gov. The tool is designed to help people decide what to do if they are worried that they or someone they love has flu symptoms. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 6, 2009 17:49 - 0 Comments
1918′s lessons point to prenatal flu exposure
USC (US)—Fetal exposure to the 1918 H1N1 strain of influenza A appears to increase the risk for cardiovascular disease later in life, a new study finds. (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…)
