UV Flu Technologies Commences Sales of the Viratech Air Purifier In 19 Cardis Furniture Stores in New England – Yahoo Finance
CENTERVILLE, Mass., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — UV Flu Technologies, Inc. (UVFT.OB)(the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Cardis Furniture (www.cardis.com) has chosen the Company’s Viratech UV-400 as the air purifier to be combined with a …

Montgomery’s Children’s Center closed through Friday after outbreak of flu-like symptoms – Everything Alabama Blog
MONTGOMERY, Alabama– Montgomery Public Schools officials have closed The Children’s Center for three days after roughly half the students and staff contracted one or more contagious illnesses. According to a release, the illnesses presented flu …

Reusable Shopping Bags Can Spread Stomach Flu Bug, Study Suggests – Huffington Post
Steering clear of someone with a stomach bug doesn’t mean you can’t catch it. Norovirus, the bug responsible for the stomach flu, can be spread by inanimate objects, namely, reusable grocery bags, according to a new study. Oregon researchers …

Hospitals still lag in staff flu shots – Boston Globe
Despite increasing scrutiny from state regulators, many Massachusetts hospital workers are failing to get flu vaccinations, exposing patients to a heightened risk of infections, according to a report released Wednesday by the Department of …

More hospital workers get flu shots – Boston Herald
BOSTON — State health officials say about one in five employees at the state’s acute care hospitals didn’t get flu shots during the most recent season, exposing patients to a heightened risk of infection. The Public Health Department’s …

Flu cases on the rise – Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: The number of flu cases has gone up over warning levels of 2,824 patients per day. Over the past three weeks, polyclinics have been seeing almost 2,900 patients every day. This is a seven per cent increase in the infection rate as …

Officials unsure why flu season was mild in Okla. – AP – msnbc.com
The 2012 flu season is ending in Oklahoma with fewer than one-half the number of confirmed cases and nearly two-thirds fewer deaths than in 2011. State health officials say the reasons for the decline from 872 hospitalizations and 26 deaths in 2011 to 316 …

Researchers tinker with bird flu: Are enough safeguards in place? – The Christian Science Monitor
A new study involving a genetically modified flu virus has put a spotlight on calls for tighter international oversight of biomedical research whose bugs pose a high risk of global disease outbreak if released accidentally, by terrorists, or by …

No attempt to steer biosecurity board's decision on bird flu studies: NIH
A U.S. government official has refuted criticism of the organization of a meeting held to review controversial bird flu studies.

Health briefs: Consuming fruits, vegetables cuts risk of Type 2 diabetes, study suggests – Chicago Tribune
Research in New York City suggests that sending parents educational text messages about the flu vaccine and where to get it could increase the number of youths and teenagers protected during flu season. Researchers following more than 9,000 …

Flu vaccine could save thousands of hospital visits – Sydney Morning Herald
More than 17,000 hospital admissions might have been avoided last year if the patients had been vaccinated, according to figures issued by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital statistics published by the institute show that there were …

Tyson Chandler battling flu – ESPN
New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler is battling the flu and could miss Game 1 of the team’s playoff series against the Miami Heat on Saturday. Interim coach Mike Woodson said in his pregame news conference that Chandler is a game-time decision.

Mutant Bird Flu Study’s Publication Given Go Ahead by Dutch – Med India
A top scientist has received permission from the Dutch government to publish a research paper in the United States on a mutant killer flu virus. “Deputy Minister Henk Bleker approved a permit for the publication of the research done by professor …

Flu-ridden Chandler off his game for Knicks – New York Post
At one point during yesterday’s second quarter, an alley oop pass was thrown in the direction of a flu-ridden Tyson Chandler. The center, normally automatic when on the receiving end of alley-oops, was unable to grab the pass and slam it home. “I felt …

Text Message Alerts Mean More Kids Get Flu Vaccines
Text messaging may be the best approach to encourage people — especially in low-income communities — to get flu vaccines.

Three years later, immunizations have curbed spread of H1N1 virus – msnbc.com
Three years ago this week, the United States declared a public health emergency in the face of rising “swine flu cases.” Within two months, every state had reported confirmed patients with the re-named H1N1 influenza virus. The World Health …

Vicks, SK-II make P&G’s billion-dollar brands list – Yahoo Finance
Procter & Gamble says its Vicks cold and flu medicine and its SK-II skincare brands have become billion-dollar brands for the world’s largest consumer products maker. The list, now totaling 26 brands, includes labels that make at least $1 …

Hong Kong suspends poultry imports from Liaoning over bird flu
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong on Thursday suspended imports of poultry products, including eggs and frozen meat, from China's northeastern Liaoning province for 21 days after the authorities there confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu. Hong Kong imported about 28,000 tonnes of frozen poultry and 103 million poultry eggs from Liaoning in 2011. “The outbreak in Dalian city was among chickens …

U.S. Gives Green Light to Publish Controversial Bird Flu Research
FRIDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government is giving the go-ahead for publication of two controversial studies into the H5N1 avian (bird) flu virus, a top federal health official announced Friday.

Australia's Biota to take over drug maker Nabi
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian flu drug maker Biota Holdings has agreed to take over U.S. firm Nabi Biopharmaceuticals to create a $258 million group and move to the United States, where investors value biotech research more highly than in Australia. Nabi effectively put itself up for sale after its shares crashed last July as its experimental vaccine against nicotine addiction failed to meet …

NIH: OK to publish controversial bird flu studies – CNN
Two studies on the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus have been steeped in controversy because some experts view them as a threat to biosecurity. Now, the U.S. government is saying they should be published. The papers suggest ways that manipulation of …

Francis Collins: “I concur” with avian flu paper publication – USA Today
NIH chief Francis Collins concurred late Friday with a biosecurity advisory panel vote to publish controversial avian flu studies. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity had recently voted to recommend full publication of the two avian flu …

Go Ahead With Bird Flu Studies, HHS and NIH Say
Federal health officials on Friday endorsed a decision by their advisers to let publication of two controversial bird flu studies go ahead, saying the information was  vital to preparing the world against a possible deadly pandemic.

Dutch Government Set To Reconsider Restrictions On Bird Flu Study – NPR News
A Dutch virologist is considering his full range of legal options if his government refuses to lift the restrictions it has put on his controversial bird flu research, and matters could quickly come to a head after a meeting next Monday that …