‘Google Flu Trends’ is a powerful early warning system for emergency departmentsMonitoring Internet search traffic about influenza may prove to be a better way for hospital emergency rooms to prepare for a surge in sick patients compared to waiting for outdated government flu case reports. Flu hits Kansas; season mild so farAlthough no cases of [...]
New worries about bird flu in Thailand as it reaches Hong Kong and now Vietnam – ExaminerAs if Thailand hasn’t had enough problems in the last few years (bird flu, tsunami, floods, political unrest), new worries are now emerging about the possibility of bird flu reappearing in the country, after an H5N1 outbreak has been [...]
Controversial bird flu studies raise complex problem, defy easy solutions: WHOControversial bird flu studies that are pitting influenza researchers and scientific journals against biosecurity experts raise complex issues and should not be framed in simplistic terms by proponents or opponents of their publication, a World Health Organization official suggests. Swine flu virus may be spreading [...]
Flu remedies – hit or myth?In protecting yourself from the annual ailment, most home-grown claims aren’t worth the bother. Chinese bus driver infected with bird flu dies in city bordering Hong KongBEIJING — A Chinese bus driver who tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus died Saturday in a city bordering Hong Kong, health [...]
How to Do Research on Deadly Flu Germs Without Helping Terrorists: ViewBird flu kills more than half the people who catch it. The saving grace of H5N1 is that it’s not easily spread among humans. Almost all of the 600 people who have been infected by the virus in its 14-year history have picked it [...]
Health officials watching for new version of swine fluLocal public health officials are on the lookout for a new swine-related flu virus, though it does not appear to be as dangerous as the swine flu virus of 2009. Bird flu research flap stirs security debateGovernment’s unprecedented decision to ask researchers to not publish study details [...]
Cold and flu season in full swing – SpectrumOr, get a 24-hour pass for $2. Already a paying subscriber? Activate your account. Although the common cold can make an appearance any time during the year, the winter months have been known as cold and flu season, with Gallup poll surveys … Flu Bug Hasn’t Bitten [...]
Pitt researchers propose new model to design better flu shots( University of Pittsburgh ) The flu shot, typically the first line of defense against seasonal influenza, could better treat the US population, thanks to University of Pittsburgh researchers. Dog flu spreading in Texas – msnbc.comA flu outbreak in dogs is spreading, but pet owners can [...]
US: Don’t publish lab-bred bird flu recipeScientists have genetically engineered bird flu so it can spread easily between mammals — work necessary to prepare in case the dangerous virus ever mutates on its own and spreads from person-to-person. Now the U.S. government is asking those researchers not to publish the details in scientific journals. Journal [...]
Who is giving you that flu shot?(ARA) – Pharmacies, doctors’ offices and walk-in clinics – you have more opportunities than ever before to get that all-important annual flu shot. Not too late to get flu vaccinationLITTLE ROCK – When you see “Get Your Flu Vaccine Here” signs and banners after November outside pharmacies and in [...]
