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School closings reduce flu by 21 percent
Antwerp :: Belgium | 1 day ago
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Closing schools during a pandemic would have a significant impact -- about 21 percent -- on disease transmission, researchers in Belgium found. Niel Hens of Hasselt and Antwerp University in Belgium led a team of researchers from Belgium, England, Wales,...
Tags: Belgium, Niel Hens of Hasselt, schools closure, close contacts, Antwerp, Infectious disease, Education, Epidemiology, Chicken, Transmission, Pandemic
Death rate in SA doubles in decade
George :: South Africa | 2 days ago
Credibility The MRC says it does not yet have the 2008 mortality figures and Statistics SA only released the 2007 mortality statistics two weeks ago. The Stats SA death rate for 2007 was 601133 – almost 30000 more than the 2007 figures quoted by the minister. In...
Tags: deaths rate, mortality figures, Stats SA, South Africa, George, Demography, Mortality rate, Death, Medical statistics, Epidemiology, Social Issues, Population
Dentists can help identify patients at risk of heart attack
Stockholm :: Sweden | 2 days ago
Credibility Dentists can help identify patients who are likely to die of a heart attack or stroke, says a Swedish study. The study involved 200 men and women aged over 45 who did not have any known cardiovascular problems. During a routine visit to their dentists...
Tags: heart attack, cardiovascular disease, risk factors, Sweden, Stockholm, Health Medical Pharma, Epidemiology, Aging-associated diseases, Stroke, Cardiovascular diseases, Sahlgrenska Academy, Cardiology, Myocardial infarction, University of Gothenburg
Swine flu measures not containing disease
Beijing :: China | 2 days ago
Credibility Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease. Despite initially declaring...
Tags: China, swine flu, Beijing, Environment, Influenza, Influenza A virus, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Animal virology, flu pandemic, flu pandemic in the United States, Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, Health in the United States, Swine influenza, H5N1, Influenza pandemics, Prevention, Epidemiology
Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 09 Swine Flu Update 162
Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility The situation in New Zealand essentially remains the same since the last update on 18 November 2009. Influenza activity, as indicated by the number of visits to doctors for influenza-like illness (ILI), continues to be low. Weekly consultation rates for...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Environment, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Animal virology, Epidemiology, Pandemics, Swine influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Pandemic, flu pandemic
H1N1 RBD Changes D225G and D225E in Norway
Twenty-five HA sequences from Norway have been released at Genbank. The isolates were collected between May and October and include six sequences with receptor binding domain changes. All changes are at position 225, but 5 of the 6 have D225E, which the...
Tags: allnews, Oslo, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Receptor, Epidemiology, Norway
WHO warns of bird flu resurgence
Cairo :: Egypt | 3 days ago
Credibility It added that it was also closely monitoring the risk of the H5N1 virus combining with the H1N1 swine-flu virus to produce a new and deadlier strain. "We don't know if this is possible, but we are certainly aware of the risk," said Shin Young-Soo, WHO...
Tags: bird flu, Shin Young-Soo, Egypt, Cairo, Pandemics, Microbiology, Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Avian influenza, H5N1, Animal virology, Epidemiology, Environment
Clinical trials done right can provide valuable information
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility I even have a friend who has been asked to participate in one...Dear Reader: Yes, they are, as long as the trials are done through reputable facilities by trained personnel. Researchers are always looking for better ways to treat and prevent disease.
Tags: Tulsa, Health Medical Pharma, Thyroidectomy, Pharmacology, Thyroid neoplasm, Thyroid disease, Thyroid, Pharmaceutical industry, Clinical trial, Placebo, Epidemiology, Clinical research, Experimental design, Standard treatment, Nodule, Hyperthyroidism
'Superspreaders' the Achilles' heel of flu
Providence :: RI :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility A lack of attention to the understanding of the transmission of human influenza has left doctors debating how best to contain flu germs, a U.S. doctor says. In a commentary published online ahead of print in the December issue of The Lancet Infectious...
Tags: Dr. Leonard Mermel, infectious disease, person protective, healthcare workers, protective equipment, Providence, Influenza, Pulmonology, Infection control, Transmission, Influenza pandemic, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious diseases, Health Medical Pharma
Mexico receives first of swine flu vaccine doses
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility He said that the vaccine is the same one that is being administered in the US, Canada, Spain, France and Britain. Before being distributed, the vaccine will be reviewed this week by federal inspectors, he said. Cordova said that authorities already have...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Influenza, flu pandemic vaccine, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, H5N1 clinical trials, Vaccines, Pandemics, flu pandemic, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health in the United Kingdom, flu pandemic in the United Kingdom, flu pandemic in the United States, Animal virology, Epidemiology
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