Flu &#39;becoming resistant to drugs&#39;
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The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs which are used to treat it, a study suggests. Doctors in Japan carried out tests on 50 children who were admitted to hospital with flu in 2002 and 2003.
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Researchers at Queen Mary Hospital, London, have revealed that Roche&#39;s Tamiflu, an anti flu drug, works against the bird flu virus H5N1 strain (the most lethal one).
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It&#39;s too early to tell whether this flu season will be severe, but some doctors are worried a major outbreak could cripple the nation&#39;s emergency rooms.
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_ Health officials said the flu was &quot;widespread&quot; in the city on Tuesday after finding increases in positive cultures from local labs, sales of over-the-counter flu medications and the number of people reporting symptoms in doctors&#39; offices
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WASHINGTON - The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for the next pandemic, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.    It will take months to brew a vaccine that works against the kind of super-flu that causes a pandemic, although government preparations include research to speed that production...
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The spread of bird flu may be waning but the world must keep up its guard against the threat of a human influenza pandemic, which is almost certain in the longer term, senior health experts said on Thursday.
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Seasonal influenza is spreading widely throughout the United States, with nearly half the cases caused by strains of the virus that are not directly covered by this year's flu vaccine.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for
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WASHINGTON: World Health Organisation and US medical experts warn that the increasing ability of bacteria to resist antibiotics threatens the existing arsenal of drugs against dangerous infectious diseases.
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In a major medical breakthrough, researchers in the United Kingdom and United States have discovered why the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) has become resistant to chloroquine, one of the most ...
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TORONTO - The alarm now sounds with increasing frequency and urgency: the world could be on the brink of an influenza pandemic sparked by the highly virulent avian flu strain ravaging poultry stocks in Southeast Asia, experts fear.
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The influenza vaccine given to Americans may not protect as well as expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday as the number of flu cases increased nationwide.
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Unfortunately, when we&#39;re talking about flu vaccinations and not Cabbage Patch dolls, the bottom line is very different for those most vulnerable to illness - the elderly and the very young.
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The world is at an unprecedented time in the history of influenza with the threat posed by the current widespread outbreak of the H5N1 avian strain in Asia, a conference on global infectious diseases was told today.
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Americans at high risk of flu may be giving up on seeking shots because they were turned down earlier in the season or believe the shots aren&#39;t available, according to results of a US government-supported poll published today.
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The unexpected flu vaccine shortage is thrusting a class of powerful virus-fighting drugs into a sudden spotlight. For more than a quarter century, doctors have turned to antiviral medications
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That&#39;s after a number of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were hit by infections. The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is resistant to most antibiotic drugs.