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Pandemic Flu: Most Nursing Homes Don't Have Plan

23 July 2008

If influenza pandemic hits the United States, acute care hospitals are likely to be overwhelmed. Nursing homes may then be expected to assist with the patient overflow, but a new study in the Journal of the American Medical...
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Directionality In The Evolution Of Influenza A Hemagglutinin

23 July 2008

Hemagglutinin is an important influenza virus antigen whose fast rate of evolution allows the virus to evade the human antibody response. This phenomenon is called antigenic drift...
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More Investment In International Surveillance Of Infectious Diseases Vital To Prevent Future Pandemics - Lords Committee, UK

23 July 2008

An influential Lords Committee have today reported that a new and potentially deadly infectious disease emerges somewhere in the world every year and it is vital that there is more investment in international surveillance...
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Flu / Cold / SARS News Articles Archive - Page 1

22 July 2008

Recommendations To Limit Effects Of Pandemic Flu On Nursing Homes

18 July 2008

Indiana Health Officials Examine State's Pandemic Influenza Ethics Planning

15 July 2008

News From The American Chemical Society, July 9, 2008

14 July 2008

SinuCleanse Introduces Kids Mist

13 July 2008

New Discovery Could Lead To An Improved Influenza Vaccine

11 July 2008

BioCryst Announces Initiation Of Phase II Study Of Intramuscular Peramivir For The Treatment Of Seasonal Influenza

Study Of The Fruit Fly Gene Could Yield New Flu Treatments

10 July 2008

Response To Vaccination Affected By Gender, Time Of Day

09 July 2008

New Resource For Home Health Care Response During A Flu Pandemic

Report Offers Resources For Home Health Care Response During A Flu Pandemic

Start Of Phase I Study For Intranasal Pandemic Influenza Vaccine DeltaFLU

08 July 2008

Pandemic Planning Complicated By Political Borders, Health-Care Issues

National Vaccine Advisory Committee Recommends Increased Adolescent Immunization

06 July 2008

Medicago Receives Contribution From NRC-IRAP For Seasonal Flu Vaccine Program

03 July 2008

Potential New Drug Candidates To Combat 'Bird Flu' Identified By UC San Diego Researchers

National Ethics Summit To Prioritize Concerns For Medical Triage, Treatment And Safety During Influenza Pandemic, USA

30 June 2008

Roche Introduces Program To Facilitate Corporate Pandemic Stockpiling Of Tamiflu(R)

27 June 2008

Experts Urge Expanding Influenza Vaccination Season To Increase Immunization Rates, Protect More Americans

25 June 2008

Good Hygiene Not Pills The Best Way Of Avoiding A Cold

24 June 2008

Hopes Of Cure For Common Cold On The Horizon

20 June 2008

Mannan From Heaven For Flu Sufferers; Victoria, Australia Researchers Develop Innovative Vaccine

Bioactive Paper To Destroy, Deactivate And Detect Deadly Pathogens

18 June 2008

New Study Demonstrates That Lack Of Pandemic Planning Will Affect Bottom Line

16 June 2008

Novartis Vaccines And Diagnostics S.r.l. Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application For The Pre-pandemic Vaccine Aflunov, Europe

AHLA Releases New Community Pan-Flu Preparedness Guidebook

13 June 2008

HHS Awards Contracts For The Development Of Faster Influenza Diagnostic Tests

Coronavirus Replication Process Now Better Understood

12 June 2008

H7 Bird Flu Increasing Potential To Infect And Spread Among Humans Reports CDC

Inadequate Guidance From Government & Lack Of Business Preparedness For Possible Influenza Pandemic: New Report

Illness And Death Reduced By Responding Quickly To Influenza Outbreaks

05 June 2008

The Aethlon Hemopurifier(R) Proves Effective In Capturing The Reconstructed Spanish Flu Of 1918 And H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus

Banner Pharmacaps Receives FDA Approval For Amantadine Softgel Capsules

30 May 2008

Juvaris BioTherapeutics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of JVRS-100 Adjuvanted Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

Australian Influenza Planning Leaves GPs In The Waiting Room

29 May 2008

Biojector(R)2000 Technology Put To The Test In CDC Flu Vaccine Study

28 May 2008

Emergent BioSolutions To Acquire Protein Sciences' Phase III Recombinant Flu Vaccine Candidate, FluBlok(R), And Related Novel Platform Technology

24 May 2008

First Pre Pandemic Vaccine Approved To Help Protect Against Pandemic Influenza

22 May 2008

Diet Key To Fighting Winter Colds And Flu

20 May 2008

Multidisciplinary Research Tracks Influenza's Every Movement

19 May 2008

Bird Flu Pandemic Would Require Multi-Drug Approach, UK

16 May 2008

Novavax Completes Enrollment In Phase I/IIa Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Clinical Trial

07 May 2008

Flu Vaccine Less Effective In Winter 2007/2008 Than In Previous Winters

06 May 2008

Starting Flu Vaccination In August Could Help Protect Nearly 11 Million More Children During Scheduled Doctors' Visits

05 May 2008

Learning From The Influenza Virus' Tricks

01 May 2008

Scientists Find Much Faster Way To Make Antibodies

Young Children Hospitalized For Flu Associated With Higher Costs And Higher Risk Illness

29 April 2008

IFPMA Vaccine Task Force Funds University Of Cambridge Virus Mapmaker To Help WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network

28 April 2008

New 3M Rapid Detection Flu A+B Test Announced By 3M Health Care

25 April 2008

Heading Off A Bird-Flu Pandemic: We Need Broadly Protective Vaccines That Can Be Rapidly Produced And Administered

24 April 2008

Prevention Best Medicine For Colds And Flu

18 April 2008

Identification Of The Common Mechanism Underlying Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome May Lead To New Strategies Against Bird Flu

Flu Vaccine Only 44 Per Cent Effective This Year, CDC

AirInSpace Is Certified To Protect Aircraft Passengers And Crew From Biological Threats Such As SARS And Avian Flu And Other Air Contaminants

17 April 2008

Scientists Track Seasonal Flu's Global Journey

Novavax Reports Positive Results From Preclinical Studies Of Its VLP-based Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Candidate

16 April 2008

Flu Vaccines Can Reduce Respiratory Problems By Up To Three-Quarters

15 April 2008

Restrictions On The Use Of OTC Cough And Cold Medicines In Children, Australia

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