Study of flu patients reveals virus outsmarting key drug
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MADISON - A drug envisioned as a front-line defense for the next flu pandemic might have a genetic Achilles&#39; heel that results in a drug-resistant influenza virus capable of infecting new human hosts, according to a study published this week (Aug.
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Nguyen Thanh Hung's recovery is a mystery that flu experts are trying to decipher as they consider what impact his illness will have around the world.
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NEW YORK - If there was an increase in the number of people who took the day off from work or stayed home from school Tuesday, it may not have been the flu that kept them at home and on the couch.
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Scientists say they have identified a key reason why bird flu has so far not hit humans hards.
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ID Biomedical Corp.   said on Thursday  analysis of a clinical trial of its experimental nasal flu  vaccine showed it helps prevent the illness.
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Scientists who synthesized two genes  from the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic  said on Thursday they have a found new clues about what made it  so deadly.
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Advanced X-ray technology has helped scientists spot a new target that drug designers might use to attack the dreaded bird flu virus.
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The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed substantially over the past two decades to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.    Severe cases of the flu can result in pneumonia, dehydration or a worsening of chronic medical conditions, and can be life-threatening - especially for the very old or the very young...
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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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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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Blood taken from four Vietnamese survivors of the H5N1 bird flu virus protected mice from several strains of the virus, researchers reported on Monday.
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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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Over half of influenza patients in Japan showing abnormal behavior had taken the drug Tamiflu, but it is not clear if there was a causal link between the drug and their actions, a government report showed on Monday.
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More than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year because of flu-related illnesses, far more than the 114,000 annual hospitalizations previously estimated, researchers at the
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Scientists find a potential reason to explain why the H5N1 strain of bird flu is so deadly for people.
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The World Health Organization said that a small but significant percentage of the main influenza virus causing illness this winter is resistant to the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu.
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The annual influenza vaccine can protect against illness even if it isn't perfectly attuned to the flu strain going around, researchers said in a finding that may have implications for protecting people against bird flu.