News articles tagged with 'flu' (Page 15)
Swine flu monitoring needed for farm workers
— 12 Feb 2008 20:00 | HealthA University of Alberta study recommends that workers on pig farms be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness, after a child on a communal farm in Canada was diagnosed…
New hospital standards needed for paediatric flu vaccines
— 4 Feb 2008 09:57 | HealthA new study published in the February 2008 issue of Paediatrics finds that many children hospitalised for influenza have had a recent, previous hospitalisation that would have provided…
Chemists track how drug changes, blocks flu virus
— 2 Feb 2008 10:35 | ChemistryAn anti-virus drug attacks influenza A by changing the motion and structure of a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells, according to a recently published research…
Mask-wearing students take to campus starting this week
— 30 Jan 2008 12:40 | HealthSome students are wearing surgical masks on the University of Michigan campus and in the dormitories starting this week as the second year of the M-Flu study gets underway, now that…
New vaccine against deadliest strain of avian flu tested
— 30 Jan 2008 10:15 | HealthA vaccine against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1, has been engineered and tested by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Centre for Vaccine Research…
Many kids unprotected against flu, poll finds
— 22 Jan 2008 10:24 | HealthFlu season is here. Are you, your children and your grandchildren vaccinated? According to a report recently released by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National…
Cell death suppression increases efficacy of M2 vaccines
— 17 Jan 2008 01:32 | HealthSignificant public attention has recently been focused on the development of new anti-influenza (flu) vaccines that provide protection against a broad spectrum of viral strains. One…
Study of sugars on cell surface identifies key factor in flu infection
— 6 Jan 2008 18:00 | HealthScientists have identified a key factor that determines the ability of influenza viruses to infect cells of the human upper respiratory tract - a necessary step for sustaining spread…