http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—In the fourth week of 2013, influenza activity remained elevated in the United States, with the proportion of pneumonia and influenza-linked deaths above the epidemic threshold, according to FluView, a weekly influenza surveillance report prepared by the Influenza Division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cdc-flu-fourth-week.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:43:47 EST news279204219 (HealthDay)—Flu remains at epidemic proportions across the United States, but flu activity decreased in some areas during the second week of January, according to FluView, a weekly influenza surveillance report prepared by the Influenza Division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-flu-high-states.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:00:02 EST news277800900 Hong Kong on Thursday closed a popular tourist spot where hundreds of caged birds are on display after the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus was detected at one of the stalls. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-hong-kong-bird-h5n1-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:01:38 EST news260694093 After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals, and an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, one of the studies was finally and fully published in the journal Nature (May 3, 2012). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-epic-debate-avian-flu-day.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 May 2012 14:25:56 EST news255187526 (HealthDay) -- The U.S. government is giving the go-ahead for publication of two controversial studies into the H5N1 avian (bird) flu virus, a top federal health official announced Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-green-publish-controversial-bird-flu.html Medical research Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:43:47 EST news254375006 Smartphones are showing promise in disease surveillance in the developing world. The Kenya Ministry of Health, along with researchers in Kenya for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that smartphone use was cheaper than traditional paper survey methods to gather disease information, after the initial set-up cost. Survey data collected with smartphones also in this study had fewer errors and were more quickly available for analyses than data collected on paper, according to a study presented today at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-smartphones-accurate-faster-cheaper-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:50:01 EST news250779152 Schools were closed, restaurants shuttered and large public gatherings cancelled. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-h1n1-schools-effective.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 May 2011 17:50:17 EST news225478190