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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday. [...] AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. [...] KuenselOnline – Bhutan – Nu 115,376 has been paid as compensation for the culling of 795 adult birds, young poultry and day old chicks, and the destruction of 91 coops and 157 eggs, following the recent outbreak of bird flu in Rinchending, four kilometres from the border town of Phuentsholing. http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14809 [...] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research from Australia confirms that the HIN1 flu hits pregnant women particularly hard-especially if they have asthma, obesity or diabetes. [...] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A single dose of an experimental influenza drug saves more mice from H5N1 avian influenza than the preferred drug Tamiflu, researchers reported on Thursday, and can also protect against infection. [...] LONDON (Reuters) – If doctors used an existing simple lab test on patients with coughs or flu-like symptoms they would be better able to decide which of them might benefit from antibiotics, scientists said on Thursday. [...] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Everyone in the United States over the age of six months should get seasonal influenza vaccines every year, federal vaccine advisers said on Wednesday. [...] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who were morbidly obese and school-aged children were much more likely to become seriously ill or to die from H1N1 swine flu, U.S. experts said on Wednesday. [...] Infection Control Today – A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) indicates that a virulent hybrid of the H5N1 avian influenza and human seasonal flu viruses could occur if just one gene is swapped between the two viruses. http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hotnews/reassortment-avian-and-human-flu-viruses.html [...] |
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