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| Adaptive vaccination strategies outperform seasonal influenza vaccination allocation strategies
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| Adaptive vaccination strategies, based on age patterns of hospitalizations and deaths monitored in real-time during the early stages of a pandemic, outperform seasonal influenza vaccination allocation strategies, according to findings reported Dec. 3 by researchers, including two from Arizona State University, in the online journal PLoS ONE.
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December 4, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Amantadine binds to and blocks critical M2 proton channel necessary for influenza virus to infect healthy cells
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| Antiviral drugs block influenza A viruses from reproducing and spreading by attaching to a site within a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells, according to a research project led by Iowa State University's Mei Hong and published in the Feb. 4 issue of the journal Nature.
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February 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| American adults receiving flu vaccine at about the same rate as in 2008, study finds
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| American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak of the H1N1 virus, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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December 9, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Amid the flu epidemic, don't forget RSV in young children
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| Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public. However, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department (ED) during several recent flu seasons, shows that another virus - respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- takes a substantially greater disease toll among young children than does seasonal flu.
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November 23, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse
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| The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. Appearing in the November 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online now, the article sounds a cautionary note as present day concerns about the novel H1N1 virus run high.
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October 2, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Can American ginseng relieve health problems?
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| With the current outbreak of influenza-like illnesses, many people are trying to boost their immune systems with supplements. Ginseng is often a key ingredient, but its therapeutic use may extend far beyond that.
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November 5, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power Of Flu Shots
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| With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions 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.
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November 3, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Compound LJ001 Acts Like Antibiotic Against Viruses
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| Unlike antibiotics, which kill many different types of bacteria, antiviral drugs for the most part need to target individual, specific viruses. A drug that attacks a multitude of viruses -- an antibiotic for viruses, effectively -- would be a significant boon for medicine.
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February 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Cyber exploring the 'ecosystems' of influenzas
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| Predicting the infection patterns of influenzas requires tracking both the ecology and the evolution of the fast-morphing viruses that cause them, said a Duke University researcher who enlists computers to model such changes.
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August 5, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Cyber Exploring The 'Ecosystems' Of Influenzas
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| Predicting the infection patterns of influenzas requires tracking both the ecology and the evolution of the fast-morphing viruses that cause them, said a Duke University researcher who enlists computers to model such changes.
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October 23, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Depressed Pregnant Women Could Be At Higher Risk For Severe Response To Flu Infection
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| Pregnant women with significant symptoms of depression tend to have a stronger biological reaction to the seasonal flu vaccine than do women with lower depression levels, according to a new study.
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October 28, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Dry winters linked to seasonal outbreaks of influenza
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| The seasonal increase of influenza has long baffled scientists, but a new study published this week in PLoS Biology has found that seasonal changes of absolute humidity are the apparent underlying cause of these wintertime peaks. The study also found that the onset of outbreaks might be encouraged by anomalously dry weather conditions, at least in temperate regions.
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February 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Experts to develop effective surveillance system to monitor emerging infections at global level
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| Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans.
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October 8, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Face Masks and Hand Hygiene Can Help Limit Influenza's Spread, Study Finds
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| Ordinary face masks and hand hygiene can effectively reduce the transmission of influenza-like illness during flu season. The finding comes from a new study, now available online, published in the Feb. 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. In an influenza pandemic, vaccination may not be initially available, and antiviral prescribing may be limited, which is why scientists need to understand how effective other measures are in preventing influenza.
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January 26, 2010 | Provides Information |
| FDA grants EUA for DxNA’s 2009 H1N1 influenza virus diagnostic test
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| DxNA announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its 2009 H1N1 influenza virus diagnostic test for use in DxNA's GeneSTAT(TM) detection platform. The new platform enables fast detection of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus with a portable device weighing less than 10 pounds.
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December 14, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Fighting influenza with nanomaterials
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| Montana State University scientists are researching the use of nanomaterials to develop a new way of fighting influenza and other respiratory infections caused by viruses.
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February 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Flu-induced stress response is critical for resistance to secondary infection
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| A new study reveals how infection with the influenza virus impacts the way that the immune system responds to subsequent infections. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 18th issue of the journal Cell Host and Microbe, provides a new understanding of the physiological and pathological consequences of the flu.
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February 17, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Flu-proof your family this winter
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| Shield yourself from germs with these immunity boosters
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November 12, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Flu Shot Tip Sheet
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| Flu season is here. Get the flu shot facts with this timely tipsheet.
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| Flu vaccine given to women during pregnancy keeps infants out of the hospital
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| Infants born to women who received influenza vaccine during pregnancy were hospitalized at a lower rate than infants born to unvaccinated mothers, according to preliminary results of an ongoing study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The team presented the study October 29 at the 47th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Philadelphia.
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November 2, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Implications of Influenza Pandemics on Blood Supplies
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| A German research team has examined data on supply and demand for blood transfusions against a computer simulation of an influenza pandemic, and discovered that a severe pandemic scenario could quickly lead to a deficit of up to 96,000 red blood cell (RBC) transfusion units in Germany alone, creating potentially fatal outcomes.
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December 9, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Influenza in Africa Should Not Be Ignored, Researchers Urge
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| Influenza is circulating in Africa, but virtually no information or attention is evident, says a new essay in PLoS Medicine. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that the lack of adequate surveillance means that the burden of influenza in Africa is incorrectly believed to be negligible. But sporadic reports from various regions in Africa indicate that influenza is circulating and may be regularly causing epidemics.
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January 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Influenza vaccines: Poor evidence for effectiveness in elderly
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| Evidence for the safety and efficacy of influenza vaccines in the over 65s is poor, despite the fact that vaccination has been recommended for the prevention of influenza in older people for the past 40 years.
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February 17, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Interest in seasonal flu shots may be waning
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| More adults got vaccines earlier in fall, but now rates are same as last year
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December 9, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Key trends driving the global influenza vaccines market
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| Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData 's new report "Influenza Vaccines - Pipeline Analysis and Market Forecasts to 2016" to their offering.
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January 18, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Link Between Influenza Virus and Fever: Scientists Solve Riddle of New Mechanism in Immune System
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| Viruses are microscopically sized parasites. They plant their genes in the cells of their victim in order to 'reprogram' them. The infected cells then no longer produce what they need to live, making lots of new viruses instead.
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November 24, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Mandatory Policy Boosts Influenza Vaccination Rate Among Health Care Workers
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| A mandatory influenza vaccination policy improves immunization rates among health care workers, according to a recent study of a large health care organization. The finding comes from a study, now available online, published in the February 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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February 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Many U.S. adults skip routine vaccinations
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| Preventable illnesses kill thousands each year, new report shows
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February 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| MSU team developing new way to fight influenza
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| Montana State University scientists are researching the use of nanomaterials to develop a new way of fighting influenza and other respiratory infections caused by viruses.
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February 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| NanoBio's Vaccine Adjuvant Platform Demonstrates Robust Immunity and Cross Protection Against Influenza
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| NanoBio Corp. announced today that data from a large ferret study indicates that its intranasal, nanoemulsion-based adjuvant elicits robust immunity and cross protection against influenza using 1/15th of the standard antigen dose, without evidence of toxicity or tolerability concerns.
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September 8, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Nasal Spray May Kill Cold Virus
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| Virus Levels Drop Faster in Volunteers Given Oxymetazoline Spray
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September 15, 2009 | Provides Information |
| New FluCide better than the older version
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| NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company"), announced today that Dr. Eugene Seymour, MD MPH, CEO of the Company, presented lifetime data from the recent FluCide™ animal study on November 19th at the Influenza Congress USA 2009 in Washington, DC.
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November 23, 2009 | Provides Information |
| New model may help scientists better predict and prevent influenza outbreaks
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| Each year, the influenza virus evolves. And each year, public health officials try to predict what the new strain will be and how it will affect the population in order to best combat it.
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October 29, 2009 | Provides Information |
| NIAID Scientists Propose New Explanation for Flu Virus Antigenic Drift
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| Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein. This shape-shifting, called antigenic drift, is why influenza vaccines — which are designed to elicit antibodies matched to each year's circulating virus strains — must be reformulated annually.
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October 29, 2009 | Provides Information |
| NIAID Trial of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Enrolling HIV-Positive Adults
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| HIV-infected adults currently are being recruited to participate in a clinical trial of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. The study, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health, will enroll approximately 240 men and women between the ages of 18 and 64.
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December 10, 2009 | Provides Information |
| NanoBio to Present Data on its Novel Nanoemulsion-based Vaccine Adjuvant Platform
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| NanoBio Corporation announced today that its CEO and Founder, James R. Baker, Jr., M.D., will present new data from studies of its nanoemulsion-based adjuvant platform during the World Influenza Congress, taking place from December 7-9, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
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December 7, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Older patients with dementia at increased risk for flu mortality
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| An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in adults age 65 and over reports that patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have shorter hospital stays, and have a fifty percent higher rate of death than those without dementia. The three-pronged study, which analyzed geographic and demographic patterns of P&I and the relationship between P&I and health care accessibility, was published online in advance of print in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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October 27, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Pandemic Flu, Like Seasonal H1N1, Shows Signs of Resisting Tamiflu
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| If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug stockpiled for use against it.
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March 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Pandemic Toolkit Offers Flu With a View
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| As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft better response strategies.
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January 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Predicting effectiveness of flu vaccination campaigns
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| A new study, published by Elsevier this month in Vaccine, describes a new method that assesses the impact and cost-effectiveness of a range of vaccination options. The model was applied to the 2009 Influenza H1N1 outbreak and predicted accurately in real-time when the epidemic would peak and who should be prioritized for vaccination.
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February 9, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Rapid Flu Testing
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| Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Children's Research Institute, and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin have developed a rapid, automated system to differentiate strains of influenza.
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December 29, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Researchers Seek Better Vaccine Procedure To Combat Flu
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| As manufacturers work furiously to make a vaccine to protect against 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus, a Rice University bioengineer is trying to improve the process for future flu seasons. The goal is to shorten the time it takes to identify targeted flu strains and manufacture the vaccines for them.
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September 9, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Researchers tackle influenza by studying human behavior
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| Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin will participate in a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fight influenza and other diseases by creating models that simulate the complex interplay between human behavior and the spread of disease.
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August 4, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Scientists Discover Influenza's Achilles Heel: Antioxidants
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| As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains of the flu -- antioxidants.
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October 30, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Scientists Propose New Explanation For Flu Virus Antigenic Drift
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| Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein. This shape-shifting, called antigenic drift, is why influenza vaccines -- which are designed to elicit antibodies matched to each year's circulating virus strains -- must be reformulated annually.
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October 30, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Seasonal Flu Vaccine Delayed for Some U.S. Providers
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| The largest U.S. supplier of seasonal flu vaccines said it is running behind on shipping those vaccines — partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of the swine flu vaccine.
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October 1, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Shionogi receives approval to develop and commercialize intravenous peramivir in Japan
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| BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that its partner, Shionogi & Co., Ltd. has received marketing and manufacturing approval for intravenous (i.v.) peramivir to treat patients with influenza in Japan.
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January 13, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Shortage of Tamiflu in liquid form contributes to dosage errors
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| A shortage of Tamiflu in liquid form has contributed to some dosage errors due to staff's unawareness of the higher concentration in the contents of the Tamiflu pill form when developing their own liquid version of the drug
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November 2, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Something in the air kills flu virus
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| A British company continues to offer a portable decontamination device that should come as breath of fresh air to a flue-weary public.
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May 13, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Study finds face masks and hand hygiene can help limit influenza's spread
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| Ordinary face masks and hand hygiene can effectively reduce the transmission of influenza-like illness during flu season. The finding comes from a new study, now available online, published in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. In an influenza pandemic, vaccination may not be initially available, and antiviral prescribing may be limited, which is why scientists need to understand how effective other measures are in preventing influenza.
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January 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Study Links Real-Time Data to Flu Vaccine Strategies
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| Adaptive vaccination strategies, based on age patterns of hospitalizations and deaths monitored in real-time during the early stages of a pandemic, outperform seasonal influenza vaccination allocation strategies, according to findings reported Dec. 3 by researchers, including two from Arizona State University, in the online journal PLoS ONE.
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December 3, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Study shows link between influenza virus and fever
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| One feature of the "new influenza" is a sudden rise in temperature. Up to now it was not exactly understood how this reaction occurs. Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have been able to shed light into the dark. They have identified a new signaling pathway via which certain viruses can trigger inflammatory reactions and fever.
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November 16, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Surgical masks vs. N95 respirators for preventing influenza among health care workers
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| Surgical masks appear to be no worse than, and nearly as effective as N95 respirators in preventing influenza in health care workers, according to a study released early online today by JAMA. The study was posted online ahead of print because of its public health implications. It will be published in the November 4 issue of JAMA.
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October 1, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Tamiflu, Relenza Safely Prevent Flu Illness
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| But Child Safety, Rare Side Effects Unknown when Flu Drugs Used for Prevention
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August 3, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Taming the flu: Researchers create map of interactions between flu virus and its human host
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| There is no lack of worry this season over the flu, both the seasonal and H1N1 varieties, but there is a critical lack of understanding of the viruses that cause these illnesses. For years, scientists have recognized that interactions between the influenza virus and its human host — intricate dances involving the virus's genes and proteins and those in humans — are important in determining the course and severity of disease.
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December 18, 2009 | Provides Information |
| To fight flu, arm your immune system with diet, rest
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| A few weeks ago, 22-year-old Tatiana Gulenkina felt bad. Tired with a headache and high fever, Gulenkina knew she was coming down with something. Yet she wasn't sure with what.
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October 12, 2009 | Provides Information |
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| Universal Influenza Vaccination May Reduce Antibiotic Use
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| We all know that influenza vaccination helps prevent disease, but a new study from Canada suggests it may also prevent another public health problem: inappropriate antibiotic use. The findings come from a new study in the September 1, 2009 issue of Clinical Infectious Disease, which is now available online.
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August 24, 2009 | Provides Information |
| USPTO awards NexBio patent covering sialidase pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating influenza
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| NexBio, Inc. today announced the issuance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of United States Patent No. 7,645,448 entitled "Class of Therapeutic Protein Based Molecules". This patent covers NexBio's sialidase pharmaceutical compositions, including its lead compound DAS181 (Fludase®), and methods of treating or preventing viral infection by influenza and parainfluenza with such compositions.
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February 9, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Woman Claims Flu Shot Gave Her Neurological Disorder
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| A 25-year-old woman is suffering from a neurological movement disorder, which she says is the result of a bad reaction to a flu shot, MyFoxDC reported.
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October 14, 2009 | Provides Information |