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New research shows that flu is a trigger of heart attacks

...Heart Journal. Their research shows that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in deaths from heart di... report. "Our research has shown that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in coronary deaths. This calls for more intensive efforts to increase the...

Changes in amino acids in the 1918 influenza virus cut transmission

...za virus transmission, and therefore, help to stop epidemics and pandemics of influenza." ...

30+ AIDS vaccine clinical trials in 24 countries, research occurring on every continent

...uals to 40 million people worldwide. Explosive HIV epidemics also continue in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Throughout the world, a preventive AIDS vaccine remains one of the greatest hopes for stemming the pandemic. ...

Rapid response was crucial to containing the 1918 flu pandemic

...s in the survey ultimately experienced significant epidemics because, in the absence of an effective vaccine, the virus continued to spread or recurred as cities relaxed their restrictions. The second study also shows that the timing of when control measures were lifted played a major part. Cities that rela...

Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs

... of global warming appear to be facilitating fatal epidemics in coral reefs across the globe, according to Harvell and her co-researchers. For example, in 2005, the Caribbean experienced unusually warm weather and a spate of coral deaths caused directly by temperature stress and indirectly by opportunistic inf...

WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu

...flu? is a serious disease and annual outbreaks and epidemics are caused by influenza A and B viruses. Influenza is a highly contagious viral illness and is characterised by a sudden onset of debilitating clinical symptoms which affect the entire body. Up to 500 million people are infected by influenza and up ...

US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows

...accinations ?is not adequate to control severe flu epidemics and pandemics unless vaccination programs offer in...n dramatically change our understanding of why flu epidemics occur." said Vardavas. ...

The insect vector always bites twice

... hit. The expansion of Dengue fever and the recent epidemics of Chikungunya and West Nile disease illustrate the trend. The pathogens responsible for these diseases can be viruses, bacteria or protozoans which are passed on to humans by an arthropod vector, most often a dipteran insect. This becomes infected ...

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