Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
...nts of their immune systems needed for controlling influenza infection, a new University of North Carolina at C...is at increased risk for immune dysfunction during influenza infection, which may lead in humans, as it did in the mice, to increased mortality," Beck said. "Inf...Mailman School shares new virus identification technologies
The recent outbreaks of avian influenza throughout Asia and hemorrhagic fever due to exposure to Marburg virus in Angola highlight the importance of ensuring that as many labs as possible have access to new pathogen identification technologies as they are developed. Currently, clinical sa...Politicians bury their heads in the sand while global flu threat mounts
...o insignificance" compared to the human cost of an influenza pandemic, says Dr Higson, which will wipe out "hundreds of millions" of lives if it is not prevented. A recent report in the BMJ showed that avian flu (called H5N1) is beginning to jump from human to human - as opposed to transmission from bird to hu...Fragile US vaccine system needs improvement despite dramatic gains in health over past century
...of childhood vaccines and the recent problems with influenza vaccine are a clear sign of the importance of continuing to improve the system for vaccine development and manufacture," Dr. Orenstein emphasizes. "Manufacturers need to have adequate returns on their investments, healthcare providers need to be fai...Study: Americans willing to pay more for greater vaccine coverage
...dhood vaccines for certain types of cancer or even influenza and pneumonia? A new national web-based study from the University of Michigan Health System found that about 80 percent of adults would be willing to pay an additional $3 to $6 each month in health plan premiums to have their health insurance automat...Study finds maternal exposure to parasitic infection may increase risk of schizophrenia in offspring
...mined in the same cohort that prenatal exposure to influenza may increase the risk for schizophrenia years later. Both of these findings are part of the larger team PDS study, which examines prenatal infection, nutrition, chemical exposure, paternal age, and a range of other prenatal factors that influence sc...Pilot studies to look at how mind drives or prevents disease
...y patients. About 90 percent of those who die from influenza are aged 65 and older, despite the availability of vaccines. Part of the problem is that fewer seniors respond to vaccine the older they get. Researchers will attempt to bolster the immune systems of 50 local nursing home patients by increasing "mind...Protecting Europe from epidemics: official inauguration of ECDC on 27 May
...st infectious diseases, such as SARS, HIV/AIDS and influenza (see IP/04/190). It will do this by reinforcing and developing the EU's existing system of continent-wide disease surveillance, networking EU Member States' health expertise and providing authoritative scientific advice on new and emerging diseases. ...Home care patients suffering high rate of pneumonia, complications
...me care by good nutrition, and vaccination against influenza and pneumonia."...'Just in time' avian influenza program offered June 16
Avian influenza has always posed a serious threat to poultry produ...rn about the possibility that an outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 currently affecting southeast Asia could mutate into a form that could jump species and present...Study supports whooping cough booster shot for adolescents
...ates -- less favorable than those for Haemophilius influenza B (Hib) or measles vaccination, but similar to those for pneumococcal vaccination -- were highly sensitive to assumptions about disease incidence, vaccine efficacy, side effects, and vaccine costs, the authors write. "In the past, vaccination progra...Study shows increased risk of common infections in diabetic patients
... that they can take preventive measures, including influenza vaccination, drinking plenty of fluids and leading a generally healthy lifestyle. "Moreover, they might pay attention to signs indicating an infection at an earlier stage and contact their physician for advice," Ms. Muller added....Mouse studies of oseltamivir show promise against H5N1 influenza virus
...at an antiviral drug currently used against annual influenza strains also can suppress the deadly influenza virus that has spread from birds to humans, killing dozens of people in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thaila...Delivery of routine preventive services suboptimal for medicare beneficiaries
...ng for colon or breast cancer, and vaccination for influenza or pneumococcus. The researchers found that overal...ncer screening (10.0 percent vs. 8.5 percent), and influenza (50.2 percent vs. 39.2 percent) and pneumococcal (8.2 percent vs. 6.4 percent) vaccinations. Other ...Obesity lowers likelihood of receiving preventive health care
...uthors examined data on mammograms, Pap smears and influenza vaccinations because these preventive services hav...ercent of the elderly should be vaccinated against influenza annually, according to the goals. The Duke analysis of the data showed that while the overall number...GlaxoSmithKline announces FDA approval of Fluarix
...U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its influenza vaccine, FLUARIX™ [Influenza Virus Vaccine] for distribution in time for the 2005/2006 influenza season. The introduction of FLUARIX, indicated for adults 18 and older against influenza disease, is...Healthcare workers who don't have flu injections could be risking patients' lives
...ake had been more widespread, illnesses due to the influenza virus could have been prevented" says Dr Canning. "This illness prevention, if repeated in all hospitals nationwide, could have a significant impact on ward staffing issues during the busy winter months when the incidence of flu is greatest."...Leading experts discuss how to protect premature infants against RSV, a potentially dangerous virus
...isease that may be up to 10 times more deadly than influenza in children under 1 year of age. RSV is the most common cause of lower respiratory infection and viral death in children under 5 years of age. RSV is leading cause of hospitalization of children under age 1. Each year approximately 400 childr...Resistance to anti-flu agents increasing worldwide
Worldwide resistance to drugs used to treat influenza has increased by 12% since the mid-nineties, concl...y THE LANCET. Adamantanes have been used to treat influenza A virus infections for more than 30 years. Previous surveillance studies have identified a low incid...Airport screening unlikely to prevent spread of SARS or influenza
...ne by the BMJ today. In the event of a new SARS or influenza epidemic, air travel would represent the principal...urrently unknown. Using the incubation periods for influenza and SARS, researchers at the Health Protection Agency estimated the proportion of passengers with la...