Medications
Single-dose flu drug can reduce spread within households, study finds
A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of the illness within households, new research concludes.
Jul 13, 2020
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COVID-19 drug development could benefit from approach used against flu
A new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has found that some antivirals are useful for more than helping sick people get better—they also can prevent thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands ...
Jun 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hope for the infected: Body's response to COVID-19 could inform treatment options
Though no proven treatment for COVID-19 currently exists, UC Riverside virologist Juliet Morrison feels there's a good chance one will emerge. Morrison, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, ...
Apr 23, 2020
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How can I treat myself if I've got – or think I've got – coronavirus?
New cases of the coronavirus are reported every day, and as yet there's no vaccine. So what treatments are available if you're one of the unlucky ones who gets infected?
Mar 27, 2020
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HIV drugs touted as weapon in war on coronavirus
As doctors scramble to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, a potent brew of anti-retroviral and flu drugs has emerged as a possible defence against the disease that has killed hundreds.
Feb 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infectious diseases A to Z: New flu antiviral available
For those who become ill with the flu, a new antiviral medication may help. "This is really kind of a blockbuster," says Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group. "We have not had a new influenza ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Medical research
Computer-based research could pave way for anti-flu drugs of the future
By looking at whether existing medications could be used as a starting point for new anti-flu drugs, researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are helping to pave the way for future treatments against influenza.
Sep 23, 2019
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First comprehensive structural data on a key flu protein—it's central to infection
Influenza A viruses spawn epidemics, global pandemics and sweeping outbreaks that kill millions of birds, yet only now have flu scientists obtained comprehensive, high-resolution structural data on a protein that is key to ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More effective influenza vaccine begins US clinical trials
A more effective seasonal flu vaccine is about to be tested in clinical trials across the US.
Jul 1, 2019
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Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
Only a few cases of the newly discovered Bourbon virus have been reported, and two of them ended in death, partly because no specific treatments are available for the tick-borne illness. Now, researchers at Washington University ...
Jun 13, 2019
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