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Swine flu: New H1N1 virus in Chinese pigs has potential to cause global pandemic

A new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus with the potential to “transmit efficiently in humans” and cause a pandemic has been discovered in China. Scientists isolated 139 H1N1 swine flu viruses in pigs in...

4 January, 2016

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How flu viruses gain the ability to spread

New study reveals the soft palate is a key site for evolution of airborne transmissibility. Flu viruses come in many strains, and some are better equipped than others to spread from person to person. Scientists have now...

2 November, 2015

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NIH researchers find role for soft palate in adaptation of transmissible influenza viruses

National Institutes of Health scientists and their colleagues identified a previously unappreciated role for the soft palate during research to better understand how influenza (flu) viruses acquire the ability to move...

8 October, 2015

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Scientist working on vaccine that provides lifetime protection against flu

Scientists have found a way to induce antibodies to fight a wide range of influenza subtypes, an advance that could one day eliminate the need for repeated seasonal flu shots. Scientists from The Scripps Research...

28 August, 2015

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WHO worries flu viruses are sharing genetic material quicker

A recent surge in human infections caused by bird flu viruses and a proliferation of the types of animal flu viruses sparking infections in people are events that need to be watched, the World Health Organization said...

6 March, 2015

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Aggressive swine flu virus hits India

A surge in swine flu infections has killed more than 800 people in India and is challenging health workers, who say the virus is harder to treat than the version that caused a global pandemic in 2009. High-risk patients...

3 March, 2015

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CDC: Vaccine can’t handle this ‘severe’ flu season

The 2014-2015 flu season is “severe,” especially for those 65 and over, children under 5 years old and those with other medical conditions, warned Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and...

16 January, 2015

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Inhalable vaccines for the flu and pneumonia use nanoparticles for painless access, extended shelf life

Hoping to avoid the refrigeration costs and pain brought on by injectable vaccines, a team of scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have teamed up to develop...

12 January, 2015

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Flu vaccine may be most effective in patients not vaccinated in past 5 years

Influenza vaccination appears to confer protection against influenza infection regardless of a patient’s vaccination history, according to recent findings. The vaccine appears to offer the greatest protection, however...

29 October, 2014

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Key to universal flu vaccine: Embrace the unfamiliar

Vaccine researchers have developed a strategy aimed at generating broadly cross-reactive antibodies against the influenza virus: embrace the unfamiliar. In recent years, researchers interested in a “universal flu...

1 September, 2014

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