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Blood from Bird Flu Survivors Provides Breakthrough in Treatment of H5N1

...vaccines and treatments in ferrets, who respond to influenza more like people do. Then the antibodies would need testing in healthy people, to see if they're safe. If so, they might be tried as a treatment for people still falling ill with H5N1 in parts of Asia. The only treatment now is the drug Tamiflu, wh...

More Than 270 Medicines in Testing for Heart Disease and Stroke

...t one since 1900. (The exception was 1918, when an influenza epidemic killed more than 450,000 Americans.) Stroke is the third leading cause of death. According to the American Heart Association, every 36 seconds, an American dies of cardiovascular disease, and nearly 80 million Americans have one or more type...

Indonesian Teenager Dies of Bird Flu

... millions. The fear stems from the lessons of past influenza pandemics. One in 1918, just after the end of World War I, killed 20 million people worldwide....

Pregnant Mom's Exposure to Flu Vaccine Benefits Fetal Immune System

...e responses following maternal vaccination against influenza with Fluzone during pregnancy. The vaccination of pregnant women against influenza is considered safe and is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The authors...

Bird Flu Reappears in Malaysia

...l continue. Malaysia suffered outbreaks of avian influenza among poultry in early 2006, but there were no human cases and the nation declared itself free of the disease last June. In March this year officials said the country was on high alert for a possible outbreak of bird flu following fresh reports of ...

Notion Behind Spread of Flu Epidemic may Not Hold True for the Tropics

...he South region. This flips our understanding of influenza in tropical regions on its head and will hopefully...ungles. "We were really surprised. The fact that influenza starts in the north may mean that seasonal epidemics arise from the tropics where the virus persists...

Five Malaysians in Hospital After Bird Flu Outbreak

...ith flu symptoms after an outbreak of deadly avian influenza among poultry in their village, the health minist...ll no case which meets the definition of the avian influenza infection among humans detected," the minister said. To contain the disease, over 3,000 birds have...

Ukraine Struggles Against Fake Drug Trade

... powder and several remedies against allergies and influenza carried the wrong markings. These medicines can be seized from chemists and hospitals as they constitute a health risk for Ukrainians, but at the moment their producers and importers cannot be prosecuted. In addition there are numerous medicines ...

Vaccines On Your Plate

...infections such as cholera, Escherichia coli, HIV, influenza and SARS. One of the big hurdles in the way of developing easy to administer edible vaccines is that they tend to be destroyed by digestive enzymes.Another obstacle to large-scale immunization in the developing world is the cost of storage. Traditi...

Indonesia Facing Massive Hurdles Against Bird Flu

...f nations, alongside Egypt and Turkey, where avian influenza remains a big problem. Indonesia is the worst hit from the deadly H5N1 virus, recording 79 deaths from 99 human cases detected since bird flu broke out two years ago in all but two of its 33 provinces. El Bushra, regional adviser with the World He...

New International Health Regulations to Enter into Force Tomorrow

...o international public health security would be an influenza pandemic. The threat of a pandemic has not receded, but implementation of the IHR will help the world to be better prepared for the possibility of a pandemic, he added. The regulations build on the recent experience of WHO and its partners in respo...

Muslim Nations Urged To Address Health Needs

...is set to map out a common plan to face a possible influenza pandemic, fight polio and malaria and for the join...or the Hajj season and preparedness for a pandemic influenza outbreak, among other things....

WHOs Plan of Global Stockpile of Bird Flu Vaccine Gathers Momentum

... a global stockpile of vaccine for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The announcement follows a request by the...ountries to develop capacity for the production of influenza vaccines," he added. Further work is needed on detailed operational planning for the stockpile, in...

Indonesia's Bird Flu Death Toll Touches 80

...nging the country's death toll from the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 80, the world's highest, an official said Friday. The man, identified only by the initials YT, died in hospital Tuesday in Pekanbaru, capital of Riau province on Sumatra Island, after undergoing one-day treatment, said Joko, an official at...

FDA Licenses First US Vaccine Against Avian Flu

...m the US FDA for its H5N1 vaccine, the first avian influenza vaccine for humans in// the US. Sanofi pasteur, in... who are at increased risk of exposure to the H5N1 influenza virus contained in the vaccine during the early stages of a pandemic. "The licensure of the nati...

Unknown Virus Takes the Life of Three Transplant Patients

...ting consequences, whether it's the common cold or influenza or anything like that." Prospective transplant recipients and donors have been advised to keep an open mind about such procedures. This is only a stray incident and is certainly not the expected outcome of all organ transplants. SV/V...

Tamiflu Key to Treat Bird Flu, Avoid Steroids: WHO

...dverse events." Frederick Hayden of WHO's global influenza program said some doctors, notably in Vietnam and Indonesia, had administered steroids to try to save quickly deteriorating bird flu patients. Eight of nine had died, he said, citing published research. "A concern is some treatment is of unsubstant...

HPV Vaccine – Should It Be Mandatory for Girls

.... Considering that the virus is as common as the influenza virus to which nearly 80% of women are exposed to, it might be worthwhile to protect them against the risks of HPV. But for now, experts prefer to wait instead of rushing with the implementation of the HPV vaccine. SAV/L...

The Flu- More Than Just That

... their medications. "Our research has shown that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in coronary d...disease. "This may be especially important in an influenza pandemic when we would expect to see high mortality among the elderly and those suffering from heart...

New Research Shows That Flu is a Trigger of Heart Attacks

...eople who are at risk of heart disease receive the influenza vaccine every autumn// , according to the authors ... European Heart Journal. Their research shows that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in deaths from heart disease and that flu can actually trigger ...

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