WHO warns of lab-produced bird flu virus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an alert to warn that studies undertaken by several institutions, which generate mutations of the H5N1 influenza virus, could pose risks to public health....
View ArticleChinese man dies of bird flu
A 39-year-old man in China’s Shenzhen city Saturday died of bird flu, officials said. The man named Chen, who worked as a bus driver, died of multiple organ failure at 1 p.m., Xinhua reported citing...
View ArticleSoil fungus kills mosquito that carries dengue fever
Researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have turned to a common fungus to stop the spread of dengue fever. Dr Jonathan Darbro, from QIMR’s Mosquito Control Laboratory, said initial...
View ArticleJust 3 more mutations in humans can make bird flu a pandemic
A new research has suggested that it might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature. Currently, avian H5N1 influenza, also known as bird...
View ArticleBuilt-in dengue virus killer found in humans
Scientists may have hit gold in their fight against dengue. They have located a human antibody that can neutralise and kill its virus within two hours. Significantly, they have also identified a way to...
View ArticleGene discovery may help explain how flu causes severe infections
A team of scientists have discovered a new gene in the influenza virus that helps the virus control the body’s response to infection. Although this control is exerted by the virus, surprisingly it...
View ArticleMexico declares bird flu emergency
Mexico has activated a national emergency plan to contain a bird flu epidemic that has affected nearly 1.7 million poultry, the agriculture ministry said. The plan was set in motion last week after...
View ArticleHow flu virus disables immune system
Northwestern University scientists have discovered one of the ways the influenza virus disarms our natural defense system. The virus decreases the production of key immune system-regulating proteins in...
View ArticleFlu transmission occurs before symptoms appear
A new study on ferrets has found that influenza can be passed on to others before the appearance of symptoms. If the finding applies to humans, it means that people pass on flu to others before they...
View ArticleNow, a tool to sharpen prediction of flu
Flu season being around the corner, getting a vaccine might help prevent people from falling sick. But there is a rider. The vaccines only work if their developers have accurately predicted which virus...
View ArticleNepal hit by swine flu outbreak
A strain of the swine flu virus — Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pdm9 — has been detected in Kathmandu and three other districts outside the Nepal capital, doctors said Wednesday. Physicians at the...
View ArticleStop touching your face to avoid flu: Study
Something as innocuous as touching your face could infect you with flu, especially after your hands brush with contaminated surfaces, according to a study. “There are many opportunities in between...
View Article60 avian flu cases in China, 13 dead
The total number of confirmed cases of H7N9 avian influenza in China has reached 60, including 13 people who died from the disease, the government said. Till Sunday evening, 11 new cases were...
View ArticleChina reports three more bird flu cases in humans
Three more people were confirmed to be infected with H7N9 bird flu in three provinces, Chinese health authorities said Saturday. Infection of a man, 35, from Wuxi City in Jiangsu province was confirmed...
View ArticleJapan culls 42000 chickens after second bird flu outbreak
Japan’s Miyazaki prefectural government has ordered the culling of 42,000 chickens on a farm after a second bird flu outbreak, media reported Monday. Chickens at the poultry farm in the Uranomyo area...
View ArticleMexico declares bird flu emergency
Mexico has activated a national emergency plan to contain a bird flu epidemic that has affected nearly 1.7 million poultry, the agriculture ministry said. The plan was set in motion last week after...
View ArticleHow flu virus disables immune system
Northwestern University scientists have discovered one of the ways the influenza virus disarms our natural defense system. The virus decreases the production of key immune system-regulating proteins in...
View ArticleFlu transmission occurs before symptoms appear
A new study on ferrets has found that influenza can be passed on to others before the appearance of symptoms. If the finding applies to humans, it means that people pass on flu to others before they...
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Now, a tool to sharpen prediction of flu
Flu season being around the corner, getting a vaccine might help prevent people from falling sick. But there is a rider. The vaccines only work if their developers have accurately predicted which virus...
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Nepal hit by swine flu outbreak
A strain of the swine flu virus — Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pdm9 — has been detected in Kathmandu and three other districts outside the Nepal capital, doctors said Wednesday. Physicians at the...
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