Medications
I think I have the flu. Should I ask my GP for antivirals?
If you test positive for COVID and you're eligible for antivirals, you'll likely ask your GP for a script to protect you from severe disease.
Aug 29, 2023
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News tagged with swine flu
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Promising results in mice on needle-free candidate universal vaccine against various flu viruses
Scientists from the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have discovered that an antigen common to most influenza viruses, and commonly referred to as matrix protein 2 (M2), when administered under the tongue could protect ...
Dec 8, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
H1N1 'swine flu' vaccine unlikely to raise birth defect risk
(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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How Aussie doctor's at-home COVID test won US approval
An Australian doctor who began inventing virus detection tools as a "hobby" is now helming a mammoth effort to ship the first non-prescription home COVID-19 tests cleared by US regulators.
Jan 11, 2021
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Medications
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.
Apr 17, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Healthy-looking pigs at state fair found to have swine flu
(HealthDay) -- They were being shown off as healthy porcine specimens, but several of the show pigs at the Minnesota State Fair in 2009 actually were infected with swine flu, according to a new study.
Aug 17, 2012
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Diabetes
The risk of type 1 diabetes not increased by swine flu vaccine Pandemrix
There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy. However, a new study of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the vaccine increased ...
Oct 9, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Plasma reactor that zaps airborne viruses could slow spread of infectious diseases
It's the enduring media image of infectious disease outbreaks, including the current coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan, China: people in public spaces with faces half-hidden by surgical masks.
Feb 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In virus outbreak, fretting over a name that might go viral
West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus.
Feb 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swine flu kills nine Palestinians
Nine Palestinians have died in an outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu, the office of Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad said on Saturday.
Dec 29, 2012
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