1918 flu virus's secrets revealed
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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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A study of a closely knit family with several members suffering from a rare illness is providing what researchers say may be important clues to the cause of diseases ranging
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Scientists say the number of cases of humans being infected with bird flu may have been underestimated.
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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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The FDA approves a diagnostic test that can diagnose viruses including the common cold, pneumonia and several varieties of flu -- up to 12 at the same time.
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Scientists said on Wednesday they have identified a weakness in a protein in influenza viruses which could be targeted by new drugs to halt the spread of infection.
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Researchers at the University of Maryland are in a race to figure out how the avian flu replicates so it isn't transmitted easily within a community or more.
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U.S. scientists have determined immune cells recruited to sites of infection can use more than one type of molecule to exit the bloodstream.
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It recalls a solution that might be linked to a rare infection.
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A fragment of a human protein that blocks influenza viruses -- including avian flu -- from attaching to and infecting cells holds promise if laboratory experiments are borne out, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of students on the University of Michigan campus are part of a research study that could change the way the world looks at influenza.
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Government scientists - sure that somewhere out there a bird flu virus has humanity&#39;s name on it - are speeding up efforts to understand how the viruses evolve and spread.
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BANGKOK - A 26-year-old woman who died of avian flu eight days ago almost certainly contracted the disease from her daughter in what could be the first documented case of human to human transmission of the virus, health officials say.
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The avian influenza virus known as H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in east Asia. Now researchers fear it may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.
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Someone with a cold may just have left a little drop of virus on the light switch for you to pick up and infect yourself with, researchers found in a real-life look at how colds get passed around.
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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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Forget retail therapy for some relief from that winter cold -- a study by Swiss scientists revealed on Wednesday that the flu virus can nestle and survive on banknotes for more than two weeks.