Study Recommends Strategies for Distributing Flu Vaccine During Shortage
When faced with potential vaccine shortages during a flu outbreak the best vaccine distribution strategy depends on the contagiousness of the flu strain.
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Tamiflu Significantly Reduces The Risk Of Death From Influenza
Tamiflu (oseltamivir), is effective in reducing the risk of death associated with seasonal influenza in severely ill patients.
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Tamiflu(R) in Ample Supply for Prevention & Treatment of Seasonal Flu
Tamiflu, an effective drug in reducing the risk of death associated with seasonal influenza is in ample supply during the 2006-2007 flu season.
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Flu Vaccine Delay Causes Fear
Previously scheduled flu vaccines for October 1, will need to be rescheduled for a later date.
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06 Flu Vaccine Supply for UK
Flu Vaccines and shots are being available, but in a delayed manner. The delivery of the flu vaccine will be spread over a longer period.
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Hotel Guests With Colds Can Leave Their Germs Behind After Check-Out
Adults infected with rhinovirus, the cause of half of all colds, may contaminate many objects used in daily life, leaving an infectious gift for others who follow them.
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1918 Influenza Virus Induces Immune Response That Fails To Protect
The influenza virus that caused the Spanish Flu, the most deadly infectious disease outbreak in known history, wreaked its devastation by turning the immune system of its victims against them.
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Bird Flu Vaccine Additive May Stretch Supply
Researchers have achieved an effective immune response to an avian influenza vaccine with doses as low as one quarter of the norm.
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Quick Diagnosis of Flu Strains Possible With New Microchip Test
A microchip based test may allow more labs to diagnose influenza infections and learn more about the viruses causing illness.
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Lessons From SARS May Help Prepare For Bird Flu
What we have learnt from SARS epidemics in China that cane help to prepare for bird flu pandemic?
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New Bird Flu Drug Promises To Beat The Problem of Resistance
A new kind of drug to fight bird flu that will not suffer from the same kind of resistance problems as current treatments should begin clinical trials within the next three years.
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Significant Advance in H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Program
Bird flu breakthrough vaccine is announced by Glaxo showing that its H5N1 pandemic flu vaccine achieved a high immune response at a low dose of antigen.
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Don't Use Antibiotics For Runny Noses
Antibiotics should not be given to patients with acute purulent rhinitis (a runny nose with coloured discharge), a familiar feature of the common cold.
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Producing Flu Vaccines Will Be Faster and Cheaper
MSU professor found a cell line that had intriguing potential for growing flu virus, while studying to produce vaccines for Marek's disease.
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Perth Researchers To Trial Bird Flu Vaccine
Perth researchers have begun a trial to test the effectiveness of a new vaccine to protect against the potentially deadly bird flu.
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Be Useful in an Influenza Pandemic
Since influenza is associated with inflammation and an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, the anti inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of statins might also help people with influenza.
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Higher Dose of Flu Vaccine Improves Immune Response in the Elderly
To protect against the annual flu virus, the elderly americans may be given a higher dose of seasonal flu vaccine.
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Infants or Adults? NIH Ethicists Argue for New Bird Flu Priorities
An American flu pandemic would present difficult and tragic choices: As many as 90 million people might become sick, shortages of vaccine could leave more than 90% of the population unprotected in the pandemic's first year.
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H5N1 Threat Puts Human Flu Back In Spotlight
Studies of influenza A led to the design of Relenza and Tamiflu, two currently available anti flu drugs.
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Study in 8,475 Young Children Points To a More Effective Influenza Vaccine
An intranasal influenza vaccine proved to be more effective than the injectable influenza vaccine in children older than 6 months and younger than 5 years of age.
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GlaxoSmithKline Initiates Human Trial Program With Two H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccines
A clinical trial is testing a pandemic flu vaccine using a classic alum adjuvant to improve individuals' immune response and possibly allow a lower amount of antigen to be used per dose.
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Avian Flu Modeled on Supercomputer, Explores Vaccine and Isolation Options
Using supercomputers to respond to a potential national health emergency, scientists have developed a simulation model that makes stark predictions about the possible future course of an avian influenza pandemic.
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Sweetgum Tree Could Help Lessen Shortage of Bird Flu Drug
This spiny fruit may become an important source of a chemical needed to make a lifesaving drug against bird flu: a drug that is currently in short supply worldwide.
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A 2002 Disease Threat Offers Lessons for Avian Flu Preparedness
A recent avian disease outreak offers important clues for bird flu preparedness.
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Shots, Prevention Encouraged For Flu Season
Flu season typically runs from November to March.
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UW Scientists Unravel Genetic Puzzle for Flu Virus Replication
An influenza virus's success in life is measured by its genetic track record, its ability to pass on genes from one generation to the next.
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Duke To Test Bird Flu Vaccine Dosing
New trial of different strengths of bird flu vaccince hopes to determine whether the vaccine still triggers a strong immune response at lower doses.
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Cell Barriers Slow Bird Blu's Spread Among Humans
Cell barrier shows why bird flu is not so easily spread among humans.
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Bereavement, Marital Status Affect Response to Flu Shot in Elderly
Flu shots do not work as well in older adults who have recently experienced the death of a family member or close friend.
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United States Prepares For Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza In Wild Birds
It is likely the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain will spread to this country, and the U.S. Government is taking steps to prepare for and minimize the potential impact of bird flu.
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Protecting Yourself from Flu Pandemic
A pandemic, a worldwide influenza epidemic, is inevitable, say health experts.
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Soothing a Sore Throat
The sore throat caused by a virus usually goes away on its own after about a week.
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New Checklist Helps Home Health Care Providers Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic
Home health care providers will play an important role in caring for the sick during an influenza pandemic
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Fever Facts
Fever is not harmful and the most common cause is infections, such as the many colds caused by viruses, sore throat, etc.
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Learning How the SARS Virus Spikes Its Quarry
Viral structure may give clues about SARS's ability to jump species.
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Premature Infants Born During the Winter Virus Season May Face Serious Threats to Their Lung Health
Preemies should be protected from potentially dangerous respiratory illnesses, say experts from Children's Hospital Boston and NANN.
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Surveillance Data Suggest That Preschoolers Drive Flu Epidemics
If avian flu is coming in and you want to stop it from spreading, you might want to vaccinate the people who are transmitting it to everyone else.
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Use of Anti-Viral Drugs for Treatment of Influenza
Evidence gros to support call not to use certain type of anti viral drugs for treatment of influenza A virus for the rest of the 2006 flu season.
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Echinacea Does Not Prevent Colds, More Evidence Shows
The herbal supplement echinacea, when taken in certain forms, may help shorten the duration and severity of cold symptoms but is not effective for preventing the common cold.
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Understanding and Managing Common Cold Symptoms
Common cold symptoms include a runny nose, scratchy throat, congestion, a cough, and that general rundown feeling.
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