June 30, 2009
A mathematical epidemiologist is researching the A(H1N1) http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ pandemic strain circulating around the world. The new study’s findings reveal an age shift in the proportion of cases toward a younger population when compared with historical patterns of seasonal http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ in Mexico. “For the 1918 (”Spanish flu”) http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ pandemic, this was the pattern – first a mild wave, and then a severe one with higher case fatality rates,” notes one of the researchers.
June 30, 2009
The http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ virus that wreaked havoc in 1918-1919 founded a viral dynasty that persists to this day, according to scientists. They argue that we have lived in an http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ pandemic era since 1918, and describe how the 2009 H1N1 virus yet another manifestation of this enduring viral family.
June 30, 2009
The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report experts. Their paper describes H1N1’s nearly century-long and often convoluted journey, which may include the accidental resurrection of an extinct strain.
June 26, 2009
The outbreak of H1N1 in 1977 may have an impact on this pandemic. In the late 1970s, an http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ H1N1 appeared in humans. It had a pandemic-like spread that began in younger aged individuals.
June 22, 2009
According to a new report, we must all share responsibility for preventing the spread of diseases such as swine flu, SARS, avian http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/, diarrheal and skin diseases, and even the common cold.
June 20, 2009
Targeting children may be an effective use of limited supplies of flu vaccine, according to new research. The study suggests that, used to support other control measures, this could help control the spread of pandemics such as the current swine flu.
June 20, 2009
A new study suggests that vaccination with 1918 H1N1 http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ virus-like particles not only protected mice and ferrets against the lethal 1918 http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ virus, but also displayed cross-reactive immunity against the potentially pandemic H5N1 http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ virus.
June 20, 2009
Researchers suggest that the cell-signaling protein, interferon type 1, reduced H5N1 http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ virus replication in mice and may offer some degree of protection in the early stages of infection.
June 16, 2009
Researchers have published the first initial paper describing the Milwaukee prevalence of the largest outbreak of novel swine origin http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ virus in America in journal Viruses. This corresponded to the announcement by World Health Organization of the first http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ pandemic in 41 years.
June 16, 2009
Almost 90 percent of the world’s population will not have timely access to affordable supplies of vaccines and antiviral agents in the current http://www.health-your.com/category/influenza/ pandemic. But it is possible that inexpensive generic drugs that are readily available for treating diabetes and lowering cholesterol, even in developing countries, could save millions of lives. That’s the conclusion reached by a new and an extensive research review and analysis.
