Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Closing in on a universal flu vaccine
Unreliable yearly flu jabs could be a thing of the past as researchers close in on technology that will take down the deadly virus once and for all.
Jun 20, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A sudden drop in outdoor temperature increases the risk of respiratory infections
You can pretty much put a mark in your calendar for when the annual flu epidemic begins. Using 20,000 virus samples and weather statistics, researchers have now discovered more details about how outdoor temperature and flu ...
Jan 11, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu forecasts successful on neighborhood level
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health developed a computer model to predict the onset, duration, and magnitude of influenza outbreaks for New York City boroughs and neighborhoods. They found ...
Nov 30, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists discover bird blood cell which destroys fatal fungal infection
Scientists have discovered that a specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal infection which affects more than one million people every year.
Feb 17, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Iran reports 112 swine flu deaths since mid-Nov
A swine flu outbreak in Iran has killed 112 people since mid-November and the country's first medical worker has died of the virus, media said on Monday.
Dec 28, 2015
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Swine flu toll up by 15, reached 57 in Iran: Official
An outbreak of swine flu has claimed 57 lives since mid-November in Iran, where hundreds of people have been diagnosed with the virus, the health ministry said Tuesday.
Dec 15, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swine flu outbreak nears Tehran as Iran death toll tops 40
An outbreak of swine flu in Iran has claimed 42 lives since mid-November, including in a province neighbouring Tehran, Health Minister Hassan Hashemi said Thursday.
Dec 10, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Computer model forecasts flu outbreaks in a subtropical climate
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the School of Public Health of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong have shown for the first time that it is possible to predict ...
Jul 30, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Universal flu vaccine in the works
Each year, scientists create an influenza (flu) vaccine that protects against a few specific influenza strains that researchers predict are going to be the most common during that year. Now, a new study shows that scientists ...
Jul 21, 2015
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Medications
North Korea says it has 'cure' for MERS, Ebola, AIDS
North Korea says it has developed a vaccine that is "very effective" in treating MERS, Ebola and AIDS, the state mouthpiece KCNA reported, as well as a range of other diseases that modern medicine is yet to find a cure for.
Jun 19, 2015
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