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| A simulated pandemic influenza outbreak in Chicago
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| By using computer simulations and modeling, an international group of researchers including scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech's Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory (NDSSL) have determined how a pandemic influenza outbreak might travel through a city similar in size to Chicago, Ill.
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March 11, 2008 |
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| A Sixth Flu Vaccine Approved by FDA
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| The government approved a new flu vaccine for adults Friday, bringing to six the number of seasonal influenza manufacturers licensed for the U.S. market.
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September 28, 2007 |
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| At-risk urged to get flu vaccine
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| More than a million people in England put their health at risk every year by not taking up the offer of a flu jab, the chief medical officer has warned.
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September 27, 2007 |
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| CDC: Flu vaccine matches 40 percent of season's viruses
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| The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs.
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February 15, 2008 |
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| CDC: Flu Vaccine Shots Plentiful, Get One
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| Only a fraction of the people who need flu shots the most are getting them — including just one in five babies and toddlers, say health officials who hope to boost those numbers as a record vaccine supply heads out this fall.
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September 19, 2007 |
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| Cold, Low Humidity Cause Rapid Spread of Influenza
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| This year may be a record year in the spread of influenza, and according to researchers, low temperatures and low humidity are to blame.
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October 19, 2007 |
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| FDA approves Afluria in time for flu season
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Afluria, an additional seasonal influenza vaccine for the immunization of people ages 18 and older.
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September 30, 2007 |
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| Flu Pandemic Risk: Swine Flu Monitoring Needed For Farm Workers
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| A University of Alberta study recommends that workers on pig farms be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness, after a child on a communal farm in Canada was diagnosed with swine flu in 2006.
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February 15, 2008 |
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| 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 In Powder Form: The Answer To A Pandemic?
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| In recent years, the bird flu virus has caught the attention of all of Western Europe. In 2006 in particular, there was a lot of speculation about a wide-scale flu outbreak, in other words a pandemic. The Dutch government was worried about running short of vaccine, mainly because it has a very short shelf-life.
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December 24, 2007 |
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| Flu Vaccine Worst in 10 Years
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| Flu Shot Just 44% Effective in 'Moderately Severe' 2007-08 Flu Season.
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April 17, 2008 |
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| Flu Vaccines Can Reduce Respiratory Problems By Up To 3/4
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| Annual flu vaccinations are highly effective at preventing acute respiratory illness and making sure that existing breathing problems don't get any worse.
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April 17, 2008 |
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| Flu vaccines more effective when sweetened
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| Scientists in Australia have discovered a simple way of making flu vaccines much more effective.
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August 21, 2007 |
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| Flu Viruses Take One-way Ticket Out Of Asia, Then Travel The World
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| Seasonal influenza strains constantly evolve in overlapping epidemics in Asia and sweep the rest of the world each year, an international research team has found.
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April 17, 2008 |
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| Genome Of 150 Different Avian Influenza Viruses Released
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| The complete genetic coding sequences of 150 different avian influenza viruses were recently released by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and government, industry and university collaborators. The information improves scientific understanding of avian influenza, a virus that mainly infects birds but that can also infect humans.
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June 11, 2008 |
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| Major Mid-century Influenza Epidemics Caused By Novel Hybrid Viruses
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| Reassortment of the influenza A virus occurs frequently throughout its evolutionary history. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University and the National Institute of Health used an evolutionary analysis of influenza viruses sampled from 1918 -- 2005 to investigate the influenza viruses that cause seasonal epidemics in humans, particularly those where mortality was unusually high.
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March 3, 2008 |
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| Mobilizing White Blood Cells To The Lung: New Discovery Could Lead To An Improved Influenza Vaccine
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| Findings just published in the journal Immunity by researchers at the Trudeau Institute shed new light on how a previously-unknown messaging mechanism within the human immune system prompts specific influenza-fighting cells to the lung airways during an infection.
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July 14, 2008 |
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| More than 10,000 beneficiaries enrolled in Oklahoma insurance premium assistance program
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| Enrollment in the Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage, the state's health insurance premium assistance program, has exceeded 10,000 beneficiaries for the first time in the program's three-year history, the Oklahoman reports.
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May 19, 2008 |
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| Nanogen Awarded New CDC Contract to Develop Molecular Diagnostic Test for Influenza and Avian Flu
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| Nanogen developer of in vitro diagnostic products, announced today it has been awarded a new $10.4 million, two-year contract from the U.S. CDC to develop a multi-analyte molecular diagnostic assay for Influenza.
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June 5, 2008 |
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| Nanogen Reaches Milestone in Work to Combat Influenza
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| Nanogen, Inc., developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced today that it has delivered the second phase milestone requirements, including the point-of-care prototype device to detect influenza viruses rapidly in clinical samples, to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their evaluation.
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December 11, 2007 |
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| Need for better flu vaccines for seniors
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| Each year, seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 people in the United States, most over age 70.
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September 25, 2007 |
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| New approach to study flu drug resistance
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| Researchers have created a new approach for studying resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors (NI) in influenza.
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December 10, 2007 |
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| Oseltamivir resistance in European Influenza viruses
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| Preliminary surveillance into antiviral drug susceptibility against seasonal flu viruses currently circulating in Europe has revealed that some of the A (H1N1) viruses (13%) have shown resistance to the antiviral drug, oseltamivir.
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January 29, 2008 |
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| Scientists Develop Needle-Free Flu Vaccine
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| Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.
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January 29, 2008 |
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| Smallpox Drug May Protect Against Common Cold
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| An investigational smallpox drug may also protect against adenovirus, which causes upper respiratory infections and is one of the many viruses that causes the common cold.
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May 20, 2008 |
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| Structure Of Influenza B Virus Protein Gives Clues To Next Pandemic
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| Determining the structure of a protein called hemagglutinin on the surface of influenza B is giving researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University in Houston clues as to what kinds of mutations could spark the next flu pandemic.
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October 15, 2007 |
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| Top 12 Flu Myths
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| What's the truth about the flu, and what's myth?
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October 19, 2007 |
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| Virus Image Captured at Highest Resolution Ever
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| A team led by a Purdue University researcher has achieved images of a virus in detail two times greater than had previously been achieved.
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March 6, 2008 |
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| WHO warns Aussies to prepare for deadly flu
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| The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning Australians to prepare for a potentially deadly flu season.
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March 23, 2008 |
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| Why is flu worse in winter?
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| If you've ever wondered why flu is more common in winter a new study by researchers in the U.S. may have some answers to that question.
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December 6, 2007 |
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