Posts Tagged ‘flu’
The activity of seasonal influenza continues to rise in some countries of Europe, especially western Europe. Experts advise there is still time to protect yourself and those around you by getting the flu vaccination. France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway have all reported a medium intensity of flu transmission. However, influenza was reported to be [...]
Move over, government health agencies. It turns out Google does a pretty good job tracking the flu. So good, in fact, that researchers at Johns Hopkins University say hospitals may be better off following Google Flu Trends than government data. They found a strong correlation between spikes in internet searches for flu information and numbers [...]
‘Tis the season not only to be jolly, but also catch the flu. And rest assured, nothing replaces Christmas cheer (or travel plans) with utter misery faster than high fever, aching joints, a sore throat and vomiting. So far in 2011 the main flu strains are the H1N1 strain that developed out of the 2009 [...]
For years people have been writing about the potential for an apocalyptic flu outbreak. In fact, just this year we got a new apocalyptic flu movie: Contagion. One of the reasons this hasn’t happened is that deadly flu strains like H5N1 (bird flu) don’t jump from human to human as effectively as seasonal flu strains–the kind [...]
While expats have known for a long time that obesity increases their chances of developing conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, it may also limit the effectiveness of flu vaccines. New research published in the International Journal of Obesity shows that obesity impairs peoples’ immune responses to vaccinations. The study reports for the first [...]
New research has shown that “priming” a person with flu DNA improves his response to a flu vaccine. Scientists from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) reached that conclusion after two clinical studies. The results are important because they show it may be possible to develop a universal flu vaccine. A [...]
With the release of Contagion (the apocalyptic bird flu movie), attention is back on the flu’s ability to end life as we know it. In the movie, a strain of drug-resistant influenza spreads quickly, kills millions, and so on. It seems every time a new strain of influenza is discovered we get the same grim pronouncements of [...]
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