Posted in Diseases on Aug 01, 2011
According to American researchers, they have discovered the antibody that can fight against all types of the virus influenza A.
In an article published in Science Express, the antibody showed that it could be utilized as an “emergency treatment” following several experiments on flu-infected mice.
The Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research scientists have been aware of the …
Posted in Diseases on Jul 03, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control and prevention says that during the years 2009-2010, considered as the flu season, people were introduced to a new strain of flu named H1N1 or the swine flu. The states reported 43,771 confirmed and probable cases of the flu’s infection from April 15 of 2009 up to July 24 of 2009. From this number, 5,011 …
Posted in Health News on Jun 01, 2011
US scientists concluded that it would just take a small change in DNA to create a mutation of the 2009 outbreak virus, the H1N1 virus more commonly known as the swine flu, which has the ability to spread more easily. The scientists also presented that their method could be used to be used to monitor the evolution of H1N1, especially …
Posted in Health News on Mar 30, 2011
H1N1 virus or the swine flu just took three lives El Paso, USA and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico according to officials.
El Paso Department of Health epidemiologist Fernando Gonzalez however stressed that there is no reason to be alarmed. He also claimed that authorities are doing everything they can to ensure public safety.
One of the casualties is a 76 year …
Posted in Beauty & Wellness on Mar 29, 2011
A study by Swedish medical professionals suggests that swine flue and narcolepsy are related. According to the research there is an increased risk of developing narcolepsy among children administered with swine flue vaccines.
Medical Products Agency showed the study last Tuesday, claiming that children and young adolescents of age below 20 given with Pandemrix could be 400% more likely to …
Posted in Diseases on Jan 13, 2011
The United States researchers suggest that the H1N1 swine flu pandemic last winter offers clues on the creation or development of a vaccine that can protect people against multiple strains of influenza. The researchers were from the University of Chicago and Emory University in Atlanta.
They have found out that those who were diagnosed with swine flu last year and …
Posted in Diseases on Dec 23, 2010
Cases of flu in general are still on normal levels, but a lot of people are alarmed with the speculations that swine flu is making its comeback and its slowly spreading.
The particular concern is that the cases of swine flu have doubled just this week and a number of deaths and severe illnesses caused by the flu.
Swine flu …
Posted in Diseases on Dec 01, 2010
About $260 million worth of swine flu vaccines are about to be disposed. Out of the total that the US produced, 40 million doses have expired. The superannuated vaccines will be burned, setting a new record for leftover vaccine disposal in America.
If the remaining 30 million doses expected to expire are added to the current number of disposed ones, …
Posted in Health News on Apr 25, 2010
H1N1 alerts may have slowed down but the vaccine for this disease has yet to prove its worth that it is safe for use. Excite a schadenfreude and watch it slobber.
A report from the Washington Post informed that “latest analysis of data has detected what could be a somewhat elevated rate of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which can cause paralysis and …
