We are repeatedly exposed to the influenza virus via infections, vaccinations and our communal environments. The annual flu shot is believed to be the best line of defense, and doctors recommend vaccinations every year because ...
Mar 20, 2019
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(HealthDay)—One hundred years ago, the deadliest influenza pandemic of all time made a ravaging march across the globe.
Feb 7, 2018
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The current influenza outbreak—the worst across the United States in nearly a decade—is worrisome but still far less dire than a pandemic flu, which could kill millions. Such pandemics are exceedingly difficult to predict, ...
Jan 31, 2018
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(HealthDay)— Americans are being hit with one of the worst flu seasons in years, with misery now widespread across 46 states, health officials say.
Jan 9, 2018
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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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(HealthDay)—Swedish researchers report that the vaccine against the H1N1 "swine flu" strain of influenza doesn't seem to have a link to birth defects.
Sep 20, 2016
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H1N1, commonly known as "swine flu," was a new flu strain that appeared in 2009 and quickly spread around the world, killing thousands of people. It is now a regular part of the annual flu season.
Jun 3, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—Unlike scientists studying the flu virus or HIV, researchers working to develop a vaccine for herpes simplex virus don't yet have a library containing thousands of sequenced viral genomes. Relative to the ...
Feb 17, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers working at the University of Melbourne in Australia has found that genetic differences in people result in different degrees of ability to fight the H7N9 influenza virus. ...
(Medical Xpress)—A new study in the U.S. has shown that pigs vaccinated against one strain of influenza were worse off if subsequently infected by a related strain of the virus.
