CORRECTED-Spray could stop spread of flu, TB, SARS - study
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In Nov 29 WASHINGTON story headlined &quot;Spray could stop spread of flu, TB, SARS - study&quot;, please read in 6th paragraph ...biotechnology firms Pulmatrix and Inamed ... instead of ...biotechnology firms Pulmatrix and Inamed ... (Corrects RIC).
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Scientists in China have developed a bird flu vaccine for poultry and mammals that can fend off the deadly virus and help stop its spread, the China Daily newspaper said on Monday.
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LONDON - Rapidly vaccinating the masses is the key to fighting pandemics, say scientists who concluded the flu pandemic of 1918 was less contagious than thought.
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The anti-malaria drug chloroquine could be used to treat severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) researchers claimed this week. A research team at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) in Belgium say that
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the saying goes -- but it may not always hold true when it comes to the flu.
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Medical experts have said the United States&#39; flu shot shortage could have been prevented, the New York Times reported Sunday. &quot;We&#39;re in the middle of a crisis that could have
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Making a small change in the outer coating of the lethal 1918 flu virus was enough to stop it from spreading, a discovery that may help scientists monitor today's bird flu and other influenza strains for signs of the next pandemic.
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A mixture of six bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on meat and poultry to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday.
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Can wearing a face mask and regularly cleaning hands stop the spread of deadly bird flu? Students at the University of Michigan started a living experiment on Tuesday to find out.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -â Some individuals exhale many more pathogen-laden droplets than others in the course of ordinary breathing, scientists have found, but oral administration of a safe saline spray every
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A live virus in a nasal spray is much more effective than flu shots in protecting young children against the disease.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said on Tuesday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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SARS on a plane. Mumps on a plane. And now a rare and deadly form of tuberculosis, on at least two planes. Commercial air travel's potential for spreading infection continues to cause handwringing among public health officials, as news of a jet-setting man with a rare and deadly form of TB demonstrates.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said yesterday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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Measures aimed at stopping the threat of tuberculosis (TB) will be pioneered at a new research centre in Latvia.
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Hong Kong scientists have been researching a vaccine for the avian flu epidemic, commonly known as bird flu. Doctor John Nichols, a pathologist at Hong Kong University, says
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Using antiviral Tamiflu could halve the potential death toll from an influenza pandemic if it was used both to treat and prevent the disease, its maker Roche said on Friday.