News tagged with pandemics
Children more likely to catch swine flu, says new research
Young people aged under 18 years are more likely than adults to catch swine flu from an infected person in their household, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, the re ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 31, 2009 |
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Short-term school closures may worsen flu pandemics, study finds
Closing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published ahead-of-print and online in the Journal of ...
Dec 30, 2009 |
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Best go digital in a pandemic
The use of a digital checklist for patients being administered emergency drugs during a pandemic or following a biological terrorist attack reduces the fatigue factor, according to a report in the International Journal of ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Compound found to safely counter deadly bird flu
The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night.
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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One dose of H1N1 vaccine may provide sufficient protection for infants and children
One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children and reduce transmission of the H1N1 virus, according to a study in JAMA, published online today because of its public health implications. The study will a ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 21, 2009 |
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First immunological clue to why some H1N1 patients get very ill or die
An international team of Canadian and Spanish scientists have found the first potential immunological clue of why some people develop severe pneumonia when infected by the pandemic H1N1 virus.
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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Influenza in Africa should not be ignored
Influenza is circulating in Africa, but virtually no information or attention is evident, says a new essay in this week's PLoS Medicine. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that the lack of adequate surveillance means ...
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view
(PhysOrg.com) -- As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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American adults receiving flu vaccine at about the same rate as in 2008, study finds
American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 09, 2009 |
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High-fat low-carb diets could mean significant heart risk
New scientific research has shown that low-carbohydrate high-fat diets, made popular by the likes of the Atkins diet, do not achieve more weight loss than low-fat high-carbohydrate diets. Worryingly, the research, lead by ...
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Study highlights implications of influenza pandemics on blood supplies
A German research team has examined data on supply and demand for blood transfusions against a computer simulation of an influenza pandemic, and discovered that a severe pandemic scenario could quickly lead to a deficit of ...
Dec 09, 2009 |
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H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up its sleeve to jump the species barrier and become virulent.
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Severity of H1N1 flu in US during current flu season may be less than feared
A new study from researchers at the UK Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) projects that the severity of the H1N1 flu during the autumn-winter flu season in the U.S. will likely be less ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Study links real-time data to flu vaccine strategies
Adaptive vaccination strategies, based on age patterns of hospitalizations and deaths monitored in real-time during the early stages of a pandemic, outperform seasonal influenza vaccination allocation strategies, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Vaccination, antivirals and social distancing may blunt impact of H1N1 influenza
The relatively low number of new cases created by a single case of H1N1 influenza indicates that mitigation strategies such as vaccination, social distancing and the use of antiviral drugs may help to lessen the final impact ...
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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