Vaccination
Older Canadians say they're more willing to get the flu shot in the wake of COVID-19
The pandemic has increased older adults' willingness to receive the flu shot, new research shows.
May 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Opinion: Yes, we can prevent future pandemics
As we hopefully soon will start seeing the results of the efforts against COVID-19, we must simultaneously prepare for new and potentially more serious pandemics. Preventing new pandemics is definitely a common global challenge.
Apr 14, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Protection from coronavirus and zero-day pathogens: New disinfection chamber
Researchers in India are developing a disinfection chamber that integrates a system that can deactivate coronavirus particles. The team reports details in the International Journal of Design Engineering.
Mar 30, 2021
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Medical economics
Investing in antibiotics critical to saving lives during pandemic influenza outbreaks
There have been roughly three global pandemic influenza outbreaks each century for the past four hundred years, each of which have resulted in larger numbers of infections and deaths. Secondary bacterial infections have been ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Data gathering can't prevent a new influenza pandemic
Commenting on a new BBC Four programme, Contagion, presenting the results of an on-going citizen-scientist experiment investigating how a new influenza pandemic might spread across the UK, influenza expert Dr. Jeremy Rossman ...
Mar 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Influenza estimated to kill about 400 New Zealanders each year
New Zealand has an average of 401 influenza-associated deaths each year according to estimates published for the first time. This is an average annual mortality rate of 10.6 per 100,000 population.
Nov 24, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researcher reviews influenza, bacterial superinfections in Nature Reviews Microbiology
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Pediatrician-in-Chief Jon McCullers, MD, was recently invited to submit a review in the April issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology, one of the world's foremost scientific publications. Dr. McCullers, ...
Apr 17, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NIH clinical study establishes human model of influenza pathogenesis
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical study of healthy adult volunteers who consented to be infected with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus under carefully controlled conditions has provided researchers with concrete ...
Sep 13, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
E-Health services ill-prepared for epidemics
National and international organizations are ill-prepared to exploit e-health systems in the event of the emergence of a major pandemic disease, according to a research paper to be published in the International Journal of ...
Aug 14, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Six-year-old Cambodian girl dies from bird flu
A six-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country's toll from the deadly virus to nine so far this year, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.
Jul 2, 2013
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