News tagged with flu infections
Virus 'barcodes' offer rapid detection of mutated strains
Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations.
May 13, 2012 |
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Opinion: H5N1 flu is just as dangerous as feared, now requires action
The debate about the potential severity of an outbreak of airborne H5N1 influenza in humans needs to move on from speculation and focus instead on how we can safely continue H5N1 research and share the results among researchers, ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Creation of the largest human-designed protein boosts protein engineering efforts
(PhysOrg.com) -- If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt chemists would have just claimed it.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Compound kills highly contagious flu strain by activating antiviral protein
A compound tested by UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators destroys several viruses, including the deadly Spanish flu that killed an estimated 30 million people in the worldwide pandemic of 1918.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Swine flu killed more Britons last winter than in pandemic
More people in Britain died after contracting swine flu last winter, with most deaths among young and middle-aged adults, than during the pandemic a year earlier, official figures showed on Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 25, 2011 |
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Rise in flu, contagious lung infections hit Chicago children
If you thought the regular seasonal flu has been late making its annual appearance, you might be surprised to learn that based on recent history, it’s right on time.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Research may lead to improved vaccines for respiratory infections
A collaborative project between researchers at the Trudeau Institute and their colleagues at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., offers new insights that may lead to an improved strategy to protect against ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Blood signatures to diagnose infection
Coughing and wheezing patients could someday benefit from quicker, more accurate diagnosis and treatment for respiratory infections such as flu, through a simple blood test, according to scientists.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Flu's Evolution Strategy Strikes Perfect Balance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have uncovered the flu's secret formula for effectively evolving within and between host species: balance. The key lies with the flu's unique replication process, which has evolved ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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A clamp for emerging flu viruses
When the human body becomes infected with new influenza viruses, the immune system rapidly activates an inborn protective mechanism to inhibit the intruding pathogen. A protein known as Mx plays an important role in this ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 28, 2010 |
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CDC: E.coli food poisoning down last year
(AP) -- Americans suffered a bit less food poisoning last year. There were significant drops in illnesses from shigella and the most dangerous form of E. coli, according to a government report released Thursday. But overall, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Most pandemic plans in Ontario hospitals have not been tested: study
One quarter of Ontario hospitals surveyed in a Queen's University-led study do not have an influenza pandemic plan and few plans that do exist have been tested. In addition, key players were not involved in developing the ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Expectant mom's flu exposure stunts baby's brain development
(PhysOrg.com) -- For expectant mothers, catching even a mild case of the flu could stunt brain development in their newborns, according to a new study conducted in rhesus macaques.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 25, 2010 |
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New study raises the possibility that some antiviral drugs could make diseases worse
As the flu season continues in full-swing, most people can appreciate the need for drugs that stop viruses after they take hold in the body. Despite this serious need for new drugs, a team of researchers from the University ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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CDC: Swine flu now widespread only in 1 state
(AP) -- Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state - Alabama - was reporting widespread cases last week.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 08, 2010 |
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