Study shows what helped during 1918 flu
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Government health officials tried to build their case for school closings and similar steps during a flu pandemic by showcasing new research Monday that suggests such measures seemed to work during the deadly Spanish flu of 1918.
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Researchers win a grant to help produce a drug that could stop flu and other diseases from replicating in humans.
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among resident.
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An experiment to reconstruct the deadly 1918 influenza virus has given a new insight into how the infection took hold of its victims.
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Aug. 18, 2004  When it comes to the common cold, just about everyone claims to have a cure or a treatment  some real, some bogus. But researchers now believe they&#39;ve found something that works to ward off the cold and other upper ...
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TRENTON, N.J. - The wisdom mothers have been dispensing for ages - wash your hands, eat your vegetables, go to bed earlier - turns out to be great advice for avoiding the flu...
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Research published earlier this year showing that avian influenza had been found in pigs in 2001 and 2003 went unnoticed outside China because the results appeared in Chinese language journals, according to a news item in the journal Nature.
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The wisdom mothers have been dispensing for ages &#151; wash your hands, eat your vegetables, go to bed earlier &#151; turns out to be great advice for avoiding the flu.
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Scientists who synthesized two genes from the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic said Thursday they have a found new clues about what made it so deadly.
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Influenza is sending more people to the hospital in the United States each year and the flu season appears to be getting longer, a government study said on Tuesday.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Last year's influenza vaccine was far from a perfect match against the virus that sickened people, but it offered more protection from the illness than experts had previously thought.    In very young children, the shot was found to be 25 percent to 49 percent effective in preventing influenza-like illness, which is a suspected case of flu that wasn't confirmed in a laboratory...
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Ordinary seasonal flu vaccines may provide a small amount of protection against bird flu, Italian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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The freeze on air traffic after the   September 11 attacks delayed the 2001-2002 flu season, and   researchers were able to confirm what many had long suspected   -- air travel could help spread a bird flu pandemic very   efficiently.
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Scientists reported yesterday that flu vaccine given in lower doses appears to provide as much protection to younger adults as regular-strength shots and could
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A simple salt-water spray may help cut the spread of germs that cause the majority of respiratory infections, according to a study of 11 volunteers that will appear this week in the
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Airline travel has a significant effect on the spread of influenza, a new study reports.
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In the end, almost no place was spared. When Spanish influenza virus circled the world in 1918, 1919 and 1920, it missed the Pribilof and St.