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H7N9 bird flu
Is another bird flu on the rise? Report from Nature on H7N9 type A influenza virus and reported outbreak in China.
Scientists and public health officials worldwide are on alert after China announced on 31 March that two people had died and a third had been seriously sickened from infections with a new avian flu virus, H7N9, that has never been seen before in humans.
via Novel bird flu kills two in China : Nature News & Comment.
There are numerous subtypes of flu, labelled with an H number, referring to the specific type of protein hemagglutinin and an N number, neuraminidase enzyme type. There are 17 H antigens (H1 to ...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - April 3, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Data in Hand
Note: Dr. Greene works with Scanadu, a participatory medical device company that is currently running an exciting Indiegogo campaign for Scanadu Scout, the first Medical Tricorder.
The first generation of medical students that went to medical school with smartphones in their pockets is still in training. They’ve just finished their second year of residency and they’re accustomed to having the world’s medical literature at their fingertips. So are their patients.
Access to information about medical conditions is now so easily available that it’s hard to remember that this is a new phenomenon. In the early 1990’s n...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 10, 2013 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Colds Flu Medical Treatment Top Cold & Flu Top Medical Treatment Source Type: blogs
The time to get flu shots is now
Please don’t tune me out on this one. Don’t let this post resemble Gary Larson’s The Far Side cartoon where you only hear, “Blah, blah, blah, Flu shot, blah, blah, blah, Flu shot, blah, blah, blah”
I write about flu every year because it’s one infectious disease that is not only more aggressive and dangerous for babies and young children, it’s vaccine preventable. The flu causes high fever, terrible cough, body aches, and significant discomfort. It can also potentially cause more serious infections like pneumonia. Unlike viruses that cause the common cold (rhinovirus or RSV), we have a vaccine for influen...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 25, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Conditions Infectious disease Source Type: blogs
New Report Highlights Benefits of Flu Vaccine
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Flu vaccination prevented an estimated 6.6 million influenza-associated illnesses, 3.2 million medically attended illnesses, and 79,000 hospitalizations during the 2012-2013 flu season, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). CDC also reported today that despite the benefits of flu vaccination, only 40% of Americans 6 months and older had reported getting a flu vaccine this season as of early November 2013.
For the full CDC press release: http://1.usa.gov/1j35d6i
Source: BHIC - December 13, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Naomi Gonzales Tags: Public Health Source Type: blogs
Headline writers: Please take a virology course
Yesterday Denise Grady wrote in the New York Times about the end of the moratorium on influenza H5N1 virus research. The story headline read:
Research to resume on modified, deadlier bird flu
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reprinted Ms. Grady’s story with the following headline:
Studies will resume on deadly modified flu virus
Where do these headlines come from, outer space? The H5N1 viruses produced by Kawaoka and Fouchier, which transmit by aerosol among ferrets, are far less virulent than the parental H5N1 virus! Furthermore, the moratorium applied to all research on H5N1 virus, not just that related to these ...
Source: virology blog - January 24, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary Information avian influenza H5N1 bioterrorism ferret fouchier headline writers kawaoka pandemic viral virology virus Source Type: blogs
Influenza Vaccine: Misconceptions
December 8-14, 2013 is National Influenza Vaccination Week.
Worried about the vaccine? The Centers for Disease Control has published list of questions and answers related to the seasonal flu and the flu vaccine: http://1.usa.gov/1bRGzBH
Source: BHIC - December 9, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kate Flewelling Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Of Flu Season and Nurse Martyrs
Nurses are often notorious for being martyrs, caring for others when they really need to be caring for themselves. And when flu season strikes, many nurses may heed the call of duty rather than the call of their own bed.Yes, it's that time of year again. Even though influenza is a potential problem during any season, the colder months of winter are when it rears its ugly head in earnest. Influenza, nasty colds and increased absenteeism often push our profession into a corner during the winter months, with some nurses apparently having no choice but to work under duress, sniffly noses and all. How About You? ...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 21, 2013 Category: Nurses Tags: nurse nurse self care nurse wellness nurse-patient relationships nurses nursing self-care Source Type: blogs
Microneedle Patches Allow for Self Administering of Flu Vaccine
Annual flu vaccinations have become a regular chore for a lot of people, while the fear of needles has kept quite a few people away. An easier way of getting vaccinated would help get more people to participate.
Researchers at Georgia Tech, Emory Un...
Source: Medgadget - February 28, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Should we give more Tamiflu for influenza? A look at the evidence.
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that people who received this season’s influenza vaccine were only 23 percent less likely to be diagnosed with influenza than unvaccinated persons, CDC director Tom Frieden was publicly urging high-risk patients and their physicians to use antiviral medications to prevent complications and disease transmission:
People who are sick with flu, if they’re very sick in the hospital or if they have underlying, chronic medical conditions, like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, women who are pregnant, children under two and people over the age of 65 ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kenneth Lin, MD Tags: Meds Infectious disease Medications Source Type: blogs
New BD Veritor Plus for In-Office Detection of Flu, RSV, Group A Strep
BD has unveiled a new portable device for rapid detection of influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and group A strep. The immunoassay device can allow physicians to diagnose patients and decide on a therapy regimen all within one offi...
Source: Medgadget - September 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Pathology Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Self-Administered Microneedle Patch to Make Flu Vaccine More Accessible
These days flu vaccines are administered using needles and in some pediatric applications via a nose spray. Needles in particular can create quite a bit of anxiety and for many people even the idea of a visit with a medical professional keeps them fr...
Source: Medgadget - June 29, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Ebola, forgotten but not gone
The recent WHO decision to declare the novel coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), while both appropriate and hardly surprising, offers the opportunity to reflect on the previous PHEIC which was declared, namely the Ebola epidemic in Kivu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). And you should really say the ongoing Ebola epidemic, as during the time since the declaration in July 2019 through to the present day (March 2020), a total of 3,453 cases have been reported [1].
The nCoV-2019 outbreak is still ballooning; as of today, over 400,000 confirmed cases worldwide with no ...
Source: GIDEON blog - March 25, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Outbreaks Source Type: blogs
Give flu vaccines a shot
As pediatricians who care for kids infected with influenza every winter, we look to fall with some degree of trepidation. As pumpkin spice hits the stores and leaves change, our first influenza cases emerge, ultimately affecting thousands of children throughout the season. This year, the flu season will overlap with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 30, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/sarah-swenson-trisha-k-paul-zachary-r-shaheen-and-marta-michalska-smith" rel="tag" > Sarah Swenson, MD, DPhil, Trisha K. Paul, MD, Zachary R. Shaheen, MD, PhD, and Marta Michals Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
H5N1 – It ’ s All About the Transmission
by Gertrud U. Rey Recent news headlines have been highlighting the global spread of H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that is typically associated with “bird flu.” This outbreak is the largest in recorded history, involving at least 50 million dead birds and countless non-human mammals, including sea lions, otters, mink, foxes, cats, dogs, and […]
Source: virology blog - March 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey avian influenza H5N1 bird flu human-to-human transmission lower respiratory tract pandemic sialic acid upper respiratory tract vaccine Source Type: blogs
