(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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Despite numerous medical advances over the past century, the flu—a seasonal rite of passage for many around the world—still remains deadly and dangerous. An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 are hospitalized from influenza ...
May 30, 2013
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A Nobel prize-winning scientist Tuesday played down "shock-horror scenarios" that a new virus strain will emerge with the potential to kill millions of people.
May 21, 2013
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Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to ...
Apr 3, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—This year's unusually long and rocky flu season would be nothing compared to the pandemic that could occur if bird flu became highly contagious among humans, which is why UCLA researchers and their colleagues ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Despite modern advances, the half-century-old method of producing flu vaccine still takes six months and requires hundreds of millions of fertilized chicken eggs.
Feb 15, 2013
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A mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 virus detected in Vietnam does not appear to pose an increased risk to human health, the United Nations said on Monday.
Sep 5, 2011
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(AP) -- Health officials say a novel strain of swine flu has sickened two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana.
Sep 2, 2011
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