News tagged with hong kong flu

Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mix

(AP) -- Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction of the ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prenatal exposure to Hong Kong flu associated with reduced intelligence in adulthood

The Hong Kong flu pandemic was responsible for more than 700,000 deaths worldwide in the late 1960s, with major disease outbreaks in Europe in the winter of 1969-1970. A number of studies have been conducted to determine ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hong Kong reports Tamiflu-resistant swine flu case

Hong Kong health authorities have reported the first local case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu in the southern Chinese territory.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2