H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business.
Economics & Business
Sep 23, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The retroviruses which gave rise to HIV have been battling it out with mammal immune systems since mammals first evolved around 100 million years ago - about 85 million years earlier than previously thought, ...
Archaeology
Sep 18, 2009
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Research conducted at Texas A&M University casts doubts on the notion that El Niño has been getting stronger because of global warming and raises interesting questions about the relationship between El Niño and a severe ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2009
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The world faces a compounding series of crises driven by human activity, which existing governments and institutions are increasingly powerless to cope with, a group of eminent environmental scientists and economists has ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pandemic swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu can, according to a new study published today in Nature Biotechnology. The researchers, from Imperial College London, say this may ...
Biotechnology
Sep 10, 2009
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Scientists in China have discovered that roots of a plant used a century ago during the great Spanish influenza pandemic contains substances with powerful effects in laboratory experiments in killing the H1N1 swine flu virus ...
Biochemistry
Sep 9, 2009
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(AP) -- Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game.
Software
Aug 17, 2009
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As swine flu spreads across America, good data can make all the difference in controlling it.
Mathematics
Jul 8, 2009
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A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2009
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Traffic to the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soared in April as Americans searched the Internet for information about swine flu, research firm comScore said Thursday.
Internet
May 14, 2009
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