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Around half the antiviral drug Tamiflu that was prescribed during the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was never used, researchers have discovered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-tamiflu-prescriptions-werent-swine-flu.html Medications Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:20:58 EST news285405647 A new strain of bird flu has claimed two more lives in China's business capital of Shanghai, taking the total number of human deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to five, state media said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-tenth-case-h7n9-bird.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:55:06 EST news284276869 A vaccine used in Sweden in the 2009-2010 "swine flu" pandemic is linked to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy among under 30s, and not just children and teens as previously thought, a Swedish study showed Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-flu-vaccine-linked-narcolepsy-30s.html Medications Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:31:35 EST news283516265 (AP)—Health officials say the flu season is winding down, and it has killed 105 children—about the average toll. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cdc-children-died-flu-season.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:50:01 EST news283180716 A fisherman has died of swine flu in the Western Sahara region, where 11 others have been tested H1N1 positive, the Moroccan health ministry said on Sunday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-swine-flu-western-sahara.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:19:30 EST news279778754 A genetic variant commonly found in Chinese people may help explain why some got seriously ill with swine flu, a discovery scientists say could help pinpoint why flu viruses hit some populations particularly hard and change how they are treated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-genetics-severe-flu-chinese-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:01:07 EST news278683239 'Evil' scientists, deadly viruses and terrorist plots are usually the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. But when it comes to pandemic influenza, it is the stuff of real life. As controversy about research into the H5N1 bird flu virus continues, a new paper argues for a complete overhaul of current approaches to pandemic preparedness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-pandemic-controversies-global-response-influenza.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:25:18 EST news278591111 Dr. Andrea Dugas recalled widespread skepticism at a medical conference a few years ago when a colleague suggested that social media mentions and search volume could one day forecast flu activity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu-watchers-social-media.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:50:01 EST news277730358 A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-british-medical-journal-slams-roche.html Medications Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:12:23 EST news271926729 (Medical Xpress)—Mathematicians are helping to build a better picture of how populations develop immunity to flu and which groups are most at risk of getting – and transmitting – infection each year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-antigenic-center-age-specific-influenza-immunity.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:55:03 EST news269157294 A swine flu vaccine used in 2009-10 is linked to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in children and teens in Sweden and Finland, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-swine-flu-vaccine-linked-child.html Medications Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:09 EST news267459782 (HealthDay)—Children with neurologic disorders such as cerebral palsy, intellectual disability or epilepsy are at increased risk of dying from flu, a new study says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-kids-neurological-conditions-higher-flu.html Pediatrics Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:10:01 EST news265540469 (HealthDay)—Many U.S. schools are not prepared for another pandemic, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-schools-unprepared-pandemics.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:50:01 EST news265540449 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 A novel breath test, measuring the immune response to the H1N1 flu virus, could help to ease future vaccine shortages by identifying the people who have already been infected with the flu virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-swine-flu-future-vaccination-shortages.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:30:01 EST news229875209 Adjuvanted vaccines used during the 2009 swine flu pandemic did not increase the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome substantially, if at all, finds a large Europe-wide study published in the British Medical Journal today. An adjuvant is a substance added to a vaccine to stimulate the immune system to respond to the vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-substantial-link-swine-flu-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:47:22 EST news229744026