Posts Tagged ‘pandemic’
Piecemeal closures don’t ease epidemics
U. WARWICK (UK) — Widespread school closures are the only way to significantly curtail the spread of an epidemic, according to a new study that finds limited closures are ineffective at reducing strain placed on hospitals. Continue…
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 16:56 - 0 Comments
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 - Jan 10, 2011 16:48 - 1 Comment
H1N1 flu strain has universal appeal
EMORY (US) — The search for a universal flu vaccine has received a boost from a surprising source: the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu strain. (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 - 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 - 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 - Apr 28, 2009 16:13 - 1 Comment
Virus wars: Lessons learned from SARS
CORNELL (US)—New findings about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a virulent coronavirus that caused almost 800 deaths and infected 8,000 people in 2003, could play a role in fighting the world’s next pandemic. (more…)
