Obstetrics & gynaecology
All pregnant women need flu shot: Ob/Gyn group
(HealthDay)—A group representing U.S. obstetricians is calling for all pregnant women to get a flu shot.
Aug 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Joint study sheds new light on the cause of pandemic influenza
With the use of sophisticated mathematical modelling techniques, a mathematician at PolyU and his co-researchers have completed a study that explains the phenomenon of multiple waves of influenza pandemic in the last century.
Jul 25, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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 that started killing ...
Apr 24, 2013
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Medical economics
COVID-19 vaccine development built on $17 billion in NIH funding for vaccine technologies
The unprecedented development of COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after discovery of this virus was enabled by more than $17 billion of research on vaccine technologies funded by the NIH prior to the pandemic, according ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New approaches to understanding influenza may uncover novel therapies
The influenza virus' ability to mutate quickly has produced new, emerging strains that make drug discovery more critical than ever. For the first time, researchers at Seattle BioMed, along with collaborators at the University ...
Jul 5, 2013
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Medical research
'Germ trap' could save us from flu virus
A remarkable new technology developed by Manchester biochemists has found a way to restrict the spread of flu.
Mar 17, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Computer model predicts when viruses become infectious
A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a report to be published in the International Journal Data Mining and ...
May 20, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
UN hails sharp decline in HIV infections in kids (Update)
Twenty-five countries, many in hard-hit Africa, have at least halved new HIV infections in the past decade, with particular progress made toward protecting children from the deadly virus, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Nov 20, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO experts insist COVID still a global emergency
The WHO's emergency committee on COVID-19 on Wednesday unanimously affirmed that the virus remains a major public health danger and insisted that countries must stop dropping their guard.
Apr 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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 being sold ...
Apr 5, 2013
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