Altering virus coats may halt flu spread
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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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Scientists have discovered a promising new method to fight a range of diseases by boosting the body's natural defenses against viruses.
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The sudden shortage of flu vaccine has raised questions about how people can protect themselves during the coming flu season. USA Today reporter Anita Manning asked infectious disease experts for advice.
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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.
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If history is anything to go by, the key to surviving a flu pandemic is to act quickly and decisively, researchers told a conference on Tuesday.
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Flu viruses must be able to pick a very specific type of lock before entering human respiratory cells, U.S. researchers said on Sunday, offering a new understanding of how flu viruses work.
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The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs used to treat it, a study suggests.
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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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Blood donated by four survivors of bird flu seems to harbor a potent protection against the deadly virus. Scientists have long suspected that culling immune-system molecules from survivors could provide a new therapy for the hard-to-treat H5N1 flu strain. Monday, an international team of researchers reported the first evidence, albeit from tests in mice, that it really may work.
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Scientists have shown that tiny changes to modern flu viruses could render them as deadly as the 1918 strain which killed millions.
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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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By making tiny changes to a modern flu virus, US scientists were able to recreate the flu virus that caused the 1918 influenza epidemic that killed millions of people around the world.
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An experiment to reconstruct the deadly 1918  flu virus gives new insight into how the infection took hold.
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While the flu has gotten all the publicity, thanks to the unexpected shortage of this year's vaccine, influenza is just one of many diseases that pounce during the winter months. So even if you do get a flu shot this year, it will protect you against only a limited number of infections.
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Simply inhaling a saltwater spray could help prevent the spread of diseases including flu and tuberculosis, US and German researchers reported on Monday.
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Hotel guests leave behind more than just socks and old paperbacks: A new study found viruses on TV remotes, light switches and even hotel pens after cold sufferers checked out.
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LONDON - Another influenza pandemic similar to the one that killed between 20 and 40 million people in 1918 could be controlled by vaccinations and preventing new infections, American scientists said on Wednesday.