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H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China's Hunan

China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health authorities said Saturday, the third announcement in three days of a case in a new location.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

H7N9 bird flu spreads to southern China

China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to a province in the country's south, the government said Friday, marking the second announcement in two days of a case in a new location.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study offers insight on pandemic flu

(Medical Xpress)—Pandemic flu continues to threaten public health, especially in the wake of the recent emergence of an H7N9 low pathogenic avian influenza strain in humans. A recent study published in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mutant version of H5N1 flu virus found to be more preferential to human infection

(Medical Xpress)—An international team of bio-researchers has found that a mutant strain of the H5N1 influenza virus (created in a lab) has a 200-fold preference for binding with receptors in human cells, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

H7N9 flu 'one of most lethal' says WHO as spreads to Taiwan (Update)

International experts probing China's deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said Wednesday it was "one of the most lethal influenza viruses" seen so far as Taiwan reported the first case outside the mainland.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

WHO says new H7N9 flu passes more easily from bird to human

A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because it can jump more easily from birds to humans than the one ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China bird flu spreads to new province

China on Tuesday said the H7N9 bird flu had spread to a new area as it confirmed the first case in the eastern province of Shandong in an outbreak which has so far killed 22 people.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No 'sustained' human-to-human transmission of bird flu, WHO says

A top WHO influenza expert said Monday there was still no evidence H7N9 bird flu was spreading in a "sustained" way between people in China, despite the possibility some family members may have infected one another.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai

A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Half of Tamiflu prescriptions weren't taken in 2009 swine flu pandemic

Around half the antiviral drug Tamiflu that was prescribed during the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was never used, researchers have discovered.

Medications created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First human H7N9 bird flu case in Beijing: officials (Update)

A seven-year-old girl is Beijing's first human case of H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said on Saturday as China's outbreak of the disease spread to the capital.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan government gets new anti-flu powers

Japan's government on Friday gave itself new powers aimed at curbing the outbreak of infectious diseases, as the country nervously watches the spread of deadly H7N9 bird flu in China.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Co-infections not associated with worse outcomes during H1N1 pandemic

A study at Rhode Island Hospital has found that despite complications, patients co-infected with the pandemic 2009-2010 influenza A H1N1 (pH1N1) and a second respiratory virus were not associated with worse outcomes or admission ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New bird flu no immediate threat, US experts say

(HealthDay)—At this point, there's no reason to believe that the emerging H7N9 strain of bird flu that has sickened at least 24 people and killed seven in China is cause for alarm, health officials in the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China kills market birds as flu found in pigeons

(AP)—China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in pigeons ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0