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Pandemic 'natural experiment' brings scientists closer to universal flu vaccine
Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after using the 2009 pandemic as a natural experiment to study why some people seem to resist severe illness. Researchers at Imperial College London asked volunteers to donate blood samples just as the swine flu pandemic was getting underway and report any symptoms they experienced over the next two flu seasons. They found that those who avoided severe illness had more CD8 T cells, a type of virus-killing immune cell, in their blood at the start of the pandemic...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Flu / Cold / SARS Source Type: news
H1N1 Flu Vaccine - Immunity Only Lasts 2 Years
It is generally believed that individuals who get the H1N1 flu vaccine lose their immunity to the H1N1 flu virus in about 10 years, but according to a recent analysis led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) immunity lasts for two years.
Source: Disabled World - November 1, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: H1N1 Swine Flu Virus Source Type: news
Sewage Study Reveals Half Of Tamiflu Prescriptions Went Unused During 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic
A new study concludes that approximately half of the prescriptions of Tamiflu during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England. The unused medication represents approximately 600,000 courses of Tamiflu at a cost of around 7.8 million pounds to the UK taxpayer. The novel scientific method used in the study could help measure and improve the effectiveness of future pandemic flu strategies...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Flu / Cold / SARS Source Type: news
The chances are high that this bird flu won't fly
The H7N9 bird flu virus has hurdled the species barrier and killed humans in China. But we shouldn't panic, says Anjana Ahuja
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - May 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Death toll for 2009 pandemic flu much higher than official worldwide estimates
A research team consisting of more than 60 collaborators in 26 countries has estimated the global death toll from the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus to be 10 times higher than the World Health Organization's count, which was based on laboratory-confirmed cases of this flu. The study, which appears online in PLOS Medicine, suggests that the pandemic virus caused up to 203,000 respiratory deaths around the world.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
It's Back - H1N1 Flu Returns in 2013-14
10 people aged between 18 and 64 have died from H1N1 flu, Alberta (Canada) health officials said Monday. 300 people are also in hospital, with 40 in intensive care.
Source: Disabled World - January 7, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: H1N1 Swine Flu Virus Source Type: news
The chances are high that this bird flu won't fly
The H7N9 bird flu virus has hurdled the species barrier and killed humans in China. But we shouldn't panic, says Anjana Ahuja
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - May 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Natural flu resistance discovery offers universal vaccine hope
Some people have a natural resistance to all flu strains, according to British scientists who believe the finding will enable them to create a universal vaccine.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - January 31, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
The chances are high that this bird flu won't fly
The H7N9 bird flu virus has hurdled the species barrier and killed humans in China. But we shouldn't panic, says Anjana Ahuja
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - May 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Natural flu resistance discovery offers universal vaccine hope
Some people have a natural resistance to all flu strains, according to British scientists who believe the finding will enable them to create a universal vaccine.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - January 31, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Only six out of 10 protected by flu vaccine
Only six out of every 10 people who take the flu vaccine used in England are likely to be protected against the virus, research suggests.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - October 25, 2011 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Chief Medical Officer: Russian roulette to avoid flu jab
People are more likely to get the vaccinations they need before going on holiday than the winter flu jab, it is claimed, prompting Government accusations that they are "playing Russian roulette with their lives".
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - October 2, 2011 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Young people should not take flu vaccine, watchdog says
Children should no longer be given a widely-used flu vaccine over concerns it is linked to a rare sleep disorder, the European drug regulator has recommended.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - July 21, 2011 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Widespread school closures needed in future flu pandemics
Widespread closures of schools are necessary to reduce the burden on hospitals during flu pandemics, according to an academic study.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - February 1, 2011 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Narcolepsy Confirmed as Autoimmune Disease
As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic swept the world in 2009, China saw a spike in cases of narcolepsy -- a mysterious disorder that involves sudden, uncontrollable sleepiness. Meanwhile, in Europe, around 1 in 15,000 children who were given Pandemrix -- a now-defunct flu vaccine that contained fragments of the pandemic virus -- also developed narcolepsy, a chronic disease. [More]
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - December 19, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Health,Health,Infectious Diseases,More Science,Biology Source Type: research
