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Singapore is telling doctors to be more vigilant against dengue fever as the mosquito-borne disease surges this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-dengue-fever-surges-singapore-sickened.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:50:01 EST news290147473 (AP)—A World Health Organization official said Sunday that it wasn't surprising that a new strain of bird flu has spread to China's capital after sickening dozens in the eastern part of the country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-chief-beijing-h7n9-case.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:40:01 EST news285139366 China's H7N9 bird flu spread west to the central province of Henan on Sunday, as government websites and state media reported two deaths and 11 new cases nationwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-h7n9-bird-flu-province.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:23:46 EST news285139419 (HealthDay)—Taking too much acetaminophen, an active ingredient in many commonly used drugs for fever and pain relief, including Tylenol, can cause liver damage, experts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warn. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cold-flu-remedies-liver.html Medications Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:10:04 EST news278789293 (HealthDay)—Although regular exercise has been linked to a strong immune system, people with flu symptoms, such as fever, extreme tiredness, muscle aches and swollen lymph glands, should avoid physical exertion while sick and for two weeks after they recover, according to the American Council on Exercise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu-rest-experts.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:33:17 EST news278073192 A flu epidemic gripping the United States is more severe than usual, striking the elderly especially hard, health authorities said Friday as they also announced 29 child victims. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu-epidemic-worsens-children-dead.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:40:34 EST news277796426 (Medical Xpress)—We've all read about the severity of the current flu season. Boston declared an emergency, hospitals are seeing patients in tents outside their emergency departments and we all probably know someone who has been laid up for a week with fever and aches and generally feeling lousy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu-extra-precautions-older-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:32:18 EST news277713119 (HealthDay)—If the headlines are any indication, this year's flu season is turning out to be a whopper. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-severe-flu-season.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:50:01 EST news277565498 (HealthDay)—Flu season is especially bad in the United States this year, and young children with the flu tend to suffer more than others because they can't take over-the-counter medications to help relieve their symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-safe-ways-relieve-young-child.html Health Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:07:07 EST news277121221 (HealthDay)—Tamiflu (oseltamivir) can now be given to children as young as 2 weeks old under an expanded approval announced Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-tamiflu-babies-year.html Medications Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:40:01 EST news275416514 Mathematicians have developed a powerful tool to quantify the spread and infectiousness of viruses like the pandemic H1N1 flu strain, which can be used together with modern laboratory techniques to help the healthcare system plan its response to disease outbreaks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-flu-epidemics-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:00:01 EST news268913707 Research at Imperial College London examining influenza transmission in ferrets suggests that the virus can be passed on before the appearance of symptoms. If the finding applies to humans, it means that people pass on flu to others before they know they're infected, making it very difficult to contain epidemics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-flu-transmitted-symptoms.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:00:12 EST news265478038 Dozens of pet birds smuggled from southern China into Taiwan tested positive for the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus and were destroyed, Taiwanese authorities said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-taiwan-h5n1-virus-birds-smuggled.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:41:23 EST news261726078 The flu season is still young in the United States and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, but Australia wrapped up its flu season months ago, and public health officials there have some disturbing news to report: The version of so-called swine flu that is resistant to the drug Tamiflu is spreading more easily in the land Down Under. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-swine-flu-strain-resistant-tamiflu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:50:01 EST news244374298 Amanda Kanowitz was a healthy 4-year-old when she got the flu. Her first symptoms-cough, low fever, vomiting - seemed like signs of any common childhood bug, and the doctor suggested fluids and rest. Three days later, her parents found her lifeless in her bed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-facts-flu-fiction.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:20:01 EST news239370795 Why do some folks who take every precaution still get the flu, while others never even get the sniffles? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-wide-gap-immune-responses-people.html Genetics Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:49:41 EST news233513320 New research on mice has shown that pulmonary administration of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) significantly reduces flu symptoms and prevents death after a lethal dose influenza virus. While GM-SCF therapy for humans as a flu prophylaxis or treatment may be years away, the study results were striking: All of the mice treated with GM-SCF survived after being infected with the influenza virus, whereas untreated mice all died from the same infection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-approach-defeating-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:39:26 EST news222662344