Archive for the 'Flu' Category



Equine flu vaccine reaches all horses

Wednesday 10 October 2007 @ 3:10 am

More than half of the NSW horses to receive an equine influenza vaccine are non-racing industry animals, the government says.

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Horses unlikely to get weekend flu vaccine booster

Tuesday 9 October 2007 @ 8:10 pm

It appears unlikely about 350 horses stabled at the Broadmeadow racetrack will receive a booster shot of the horse flu vaccine this weekend, now that the virus has reached the track.

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Pandemic Flu Prep Necessary, ‘Daunting,’ Texas Medicine Reports

Tuesday 9 October 2007 @ 2:10 pm

Pandemic flu is waiting to strike. Even though public health organizations are preparing, others need to prepare now as well, according to the October Texas Medicine magazine.

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Influenza mortality in the elderly: vaccine controversies

Tuesday 9 October 2007 @ 9:10 am

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Woman’s death sees RI bird flu toll hit 87

Monday 8 October 2007 @ 10:10 pm

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Bird-flu virus mutation discovered by Japanese and Vietnamese scientists

Monday 8 October 2007 @ 9:10 pm

Professor Yoshihiro KawaokaVietNamNet Bridge - Japanese and Vietnamese scientists have identified a mutation of an H5N1 avian flu virus that can grow in the human upper respiratory tracts.

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NSW hails horse flu vaccine win

Monday 8 October 2007 @ 2:10 pm

The racing industry and the New South Wales Government have welcomed a deal that will see the state receive about two-thirds of the latest batch of horse flu vaccine to arrive in Australia.

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41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure

Monday 8 October 2007 @ 8:10 am

Grid computing seen as fastest way to find new drugs An international grid of more than 41,000 computers is offering new hope in the search for treatments for the deadly avian influenza virus.

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Scientists Show Deadly Bird Flu Strain Is Evolving Toward Human To Human Form

Monday 8 October 2007 @ 3:10 am

US scientists have shown that the deadly strain of bird flu H5N1 that has so far killed 201 of the 329 people it has infected worldwide since 2003 is gradually evolving to a pandemic form that will spread easily from human to human.

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Bird flu kills Indonesian woman, bringing nation’s death toll to 87

Monday 8 October 2007 @ 2:10 am

‘Test results confirm she had been suffering from bird flu,’ Suyono said, adding that a team of investigators was still trying to find out where the woman was exposed to the virus.

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Flu Vaccine Saves Lives: Learning Exactly How Many Can Wait

Sunday 7 October 2007 @ 11:10 pm

By There is an apparent discrepancy between last week’s Lancet Infectious Diseases review article — which asserted that the lifesaving benefits of influenza (flu) vaccination in the elderly was overstated — and today’s New England Journal of

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Flu vaccine to arrive soon at Pacific bases

Sunday 7 October 2007 @ 10:10 pm

No schedule has been set, but the immunizations flight will offer FluMist for the first time this year. Half of the base’s vaccine shipment will arrive this month and the other half in November.

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