Pandemic Disease News
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Tuberculosis advance: Existing drugs can potentially target the disease's ability to spread
Often causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is...
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Emerging E. coli strain causes many antimicrobial-resistant infections in US
A new, drug-resistant strain of E. coli is causing serious disease, according to a new study. The new strain, ST131, was a major cause of...
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Regenerating damaged tissues: Bioscaffolds promote growth of joints in rabbits
A team of researchers has successfully regenerated rabbit joints using a cutting-edge process to form the joint inside the body, or in vivo. Regenerative in...
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'Sea urchin'-shaped nanostructures grown in the lab
Researchers have succeeded in growing sea-urchin shaped nanostructures from minute balls of polystyrene beads using a simple electrochemical process. The spines of the sea urchin...
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New theory of why midcontinent faults produce earthquakes
A new theory may solve the mystery of why the New Madrid fault, which lies in the middle of the continent and not along a...
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Reading terrorists minds about imminent attack: Brain waves correlate to guilty knowledge in mock terrorism...
Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when and where the next attack will occur. That...
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Next generation sequencing establishes genetic link between two rare diseases
Scientists have successfully used "next generation sequencing" to identify mutations that may cause a rare and mysterious genetic disorder. The research demonstrates that sequencing an...
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Memory's master switch: Molecular power behind memory discovered
A new study describes GABA, a natural molecule that occurs in the brain, which could be the main factor in regulating how many new memories...
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Mechanism uncovered behind Salmonella virulence and drug susceptibility
Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects is virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics. The mechanism changes the bacteria's production of proteins...
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Ultra-strong interaction between light and matter realized: One more step on the path to quantum...
Researchers around the world are working on the development of quantum computers that will be vastly superior to present-day computers. The strong coupling of quantum...
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Most panda habitat is outside nature reserves, according to joint US-China research
Though much effort and many resources have been expended to protect the endangered giant panda, research by an international team of scientists shows that much...
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Reality TV, cosmetic surgey linked, says researcher
Research suggests that teens fond of reality TV programs are more likely to join the millions who go under the knife each year. For bodies...
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Oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may protect women against brain aneurysms, study finds
Results from a new study suggest that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may yield additional benefit of protecting against the formation and rupture of...
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New cellular 'armor' developed to prevent infection by AIDS virus
Researchers have developed a novel method of attack against the AIDS virus that involves creating a prevention system, i.e. an "armor" in the cells that...
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Blowing in the wind: Cassini helps with dune whodunit on Saturn's moon Titan
The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn's moon Titan did turn out to be blowing in the wind. It just wasn't from...
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Decontaminating dangerous drywall
A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall.
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Some like it hot: How to heat a 'nano bathtub'
Researchers have demonstrated the use of infrared laser light to quickly and precisely heat the water in "nano bathtubs" -- tiny sample containers -- for...
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Male modesty not appreciated by female or male interviewers, study suggests
A researcher who explored the consequences for men (and women) when they acted modestly in job interviews found that "modest" males were less liked, a...
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Diet and alcohol alter epigenetics of breast cancer, study suggests
Researchers have shown that the epigenetic profiles of breast tumors are related to patient diet and alcohol use as well as tumor size.
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Research of cell movements in developing frogs reveals new twists in human genetic disease
Mutations in a gene known as "Fritz" may be responsible for causing human genetic disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, developmental biologists, human geneticists and cell...
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Pandemic Flu News
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Latest Pandemic Flu News
Pandemic Flu News updated every 15 minutes. Stay informed on latest Pandemic Flu Avian Influenza H5N1 News.
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New U.S. scientific report: COLD-fX is "impressive"
A major U.S. scientific review (monograph) of COLD-fX conducted by leading American cold/flu experts concludes the cold/flu remedy delivered "impressive" benefits to users.
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WHO still monitoring H1N1 pandemic - spokesman
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's emergency committee will not meet this week to review data on the H1N1 swine flu pandemic nor will...
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WHO may declare end to H1N1 swine flu pandemic: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's emergency committee intends to convene as early as Tuesday to review data and declare an end to...
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Intercell Reports Phase II Study Results Of Its Vaccine Enhancement Patch For Pandemic Influenza
Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) announced the results of a Phase II clinical trial of its investigational Vaccine Enhancement Patch (VEP) system for avian H5N1 influenza....
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Pandemic Hybrid Of Bird And Human Seasonal Flu Possible Say Scientists
An international team of scientists has created a highly pathogenic laboratory hybrid of the H5N1 bird flu and human seasonal flu viruses by swapping...
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Virus Hybridization Could Create Pandemic Bird Flu
Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with...
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Pandemic Preparedness Untested In Ontario Hospitals
One quarter of Ontario hospitals surveyed in a Queen's University-led study do not have an influenza pandemic plan and few plans that do exist have...
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NexBio Initiates Phase II Trial Of DAS181 For Treatment Of Influenza, Including Pandemic Influenza...
NexBio, Inc. announced the initiation of a double blind placebo controlled multi-center trial in the U.S. and Mexico of DAS181 (FludaseŽ) for the treatment of...
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Medicago Reports Positive Phase I Results For Its Avian Flu Pandemic Vaccine
Medicago Inc. (TSX-V: MDG) a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), reported...
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Risk of bird flu pandemic great despite efforts
International efforts have pushed back the spread of bird flu this year, but the risk of a global influenza pandemic killing millions is as great...
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Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand - Status of pandemic vaccine development
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pandemics
pandemics infectious diseases and their causal organisms survive alongside mankind in the relationship of parasite and host, and in stable, populous societies achieve an equilibrium...
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Pandemic 101 Launches Pandemic Preparedness Programs for Families and Businesses.
New Company Focuses on Preparedness and Education of Families and Corporations on Pandemic Outbreaks TORONTO -- Pandemic 101 today announces the launch of new programs...
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PANDEMIC FLU PLAN ASSESSMENT:MICHAEL O. LEAVITT
Congressional Testimony 11-08-2005 Statement of Michael O. Leavitt Secretary, U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services Committee on House Energy and Commerce November 08, 2005Good morning,...
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PANDEMIC FLU:MICHAEL O. LEAVITT
Congressional Testimony 11-02-2005 Statement of Michael O. Leavitt Secretary Department of Health And HumanServices Committee on Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Healthand Human Services, Education,...
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Pandemics: Tomorrow
"Pandemic" strikes fear in people who know what the word means, and health experts say it's lurking somewhere in the future -- possibly very soon....
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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS:JOHN AGWUNOBI
Congressional Testimony 01-31-2006 Statement of John Agwunobi Assistant Secretary of Health Committee on SenateAppropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,and Related Agencies January...
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PANDEMIC INFLUENZA - GET INFORMED, BE PREPARED
Navy Region Hawaii issued the following news release: This is the first part of a three part article that is designed to help the military...
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PANDEMIC FLU-A QUESTION OF 'WHEN,' NOT 'IF'
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville issued the following news release: Some 130 healthcare representatives-educators, hospital personnel and government officials from Missouri and Illinois-were on hand...
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Bird Flu / Avian Flu News From Medical News Today
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Also In Global Health News: Bird Flu In Bangladesh; Women's Health In Kenya; Drug-Resistant Malaria...
USAID Program To Prevent Spread Of Bird Flu In Bangladesh Expands All...
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Intercell Reports Phase II Study Results Of Its Vaccine Enhancement Patch For Pandemic Influenza
Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) announced the results of a Phase II clinical trial of its investigational Vaccine Enhancement Patch (VEP) system for avian H5N1 influenza....
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Emerging Pathogens Project
The Field Museum and the University of Chicago have announced the establishment of the Emerging Pathogens Project, a unique research program to study the evolution...
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Avian Flu's Endurance In 5 Countries Poses Global Threat To Human Health, FAO Official Says
Though the world has made "great strides" in eliminating H5N1 (avian flu) from poultry since the "peak of its outbreak in 2006" in 63 countries,...
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New Tool Harnesses The Web And Supercomputers To Track Pathogens As They Evolve
Pathogens can now be easily tracked in time and space as they evolve, an advance that could revolutionize both public health and inform national security...
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Swine- And Avian-Origin Influenza Targeted By Immune Molecules
Antibodies are immune molecules that have a key role in protecting against infection with influenza virus. The target of the protective antibodies is the influenza...
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Discovery Of An Influenza Detector Gene That Could Potentially Prevent The Transmission Of The Virus...
A University of Alberta-led research team has discovered an influenza detector gene that could potentially prevent the transmission of the virus to humans. Katharine Magor,...
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Also In Global Health News: Bird Flu; Burundi's Global Fund Grant; Maternal Mortality In Ghana;...
WHO Warns Bird Flu Continues To Pose Threat Despite a reduction in the number of...
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Infrared Thermal Detection Systems Useful For Patient Screening
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) found an Infrared Thermal Detection System (ITDS) to be a fast and effective fever screening tool...
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$300,000 CIHR Grant Awarded To Medicago, The Research Institute Of The MUHC And McGill University
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have awarded a $300,000 grant for research focusing on the nature of the immune response induced by the...
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Inovio Biomedical H5N1 Avian Influenza DNA Vaccine Receives Korean Approval To Begin Clinical Trials
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced that its affiliate VGX International Inc. (Korean Stock Exchange:...
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News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology
Campylobacter Bacteria in Cattle Manure May Survive Composting Contrary to popular belief, some disease causing bacteria may actually survive the composting process...
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Pandemic Hybrid Of Bird And Human Seasonal Flu Possible Say Scientists
An international team of scientists has created a highly pathogenic laboratory hybrid of the H5N1 bird flu and human seasonal flu viruses by swapping...
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Virus Hybridization Could Create Pandemic Bird Flu
Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with...
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Adamas Pharmaceuticals Announces In Vitro Data Demonstrating TCAD Therapy Is More Potent Than Double Combinations...
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc...
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Pandemic Preparedness Untested In Ontario Hospitals
One quarter of Ontario hospitals surveyed in a Queen's University-led study do not have an influenza pandemic plan and few plans that do exist have...
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Voluntary System Works For Swine Flu Vaccination
Social interaction between neighbours, work colleagues and other communities and social groups makes voluntary vaccination programs for epidemics such as Swine Flu, SARS or Bird...
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1918 And 2009 H1N1 Flu Probably Not Spread By Birds
The two strains of the H1N1 influenza virus responsible for the 1918 and 2009 global flu pandemics do not cause disease in birds. The results...
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New Research Findings Can Improve Avian Flu Surveillance Programs
Genetic analyses of avian influenza in wild birds can help pinpoint likely carrier species and geographic hot spots where Eurasian viruses would be most likely...
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NexBio Initiates Phase II Trial Of DAS181 (Fludase(R)) For Treatment Of Influenza, Including Pandemic Influenza...
NexBio, Inc. announced the initiation of a double blind placebo controlled multi-center trial in the U.S. and Mexico of DAS181 (FludaseŽ) for the treatment of...
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Pandemic Disease News (Continued)
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ScienceDaily: Latest Science News
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Tuberculosis advance: Existing drugs can potentially target the disease's ability to spread
Often causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is...
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Emerging E. coli strain causes many antimicrobial-resistant infections in US
A new, drug-resistant strain of E. coli is causing serious disease, according to a new study. The new strain, ST131, was a major cause of...
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Regenerating damaged tissues: Bioscaffolds promote growth of joints in rabbits
A team of researchers has successfully regenerated rabbit joints using a cutting-edge process to form the joint inside the body, or in vivo. Regenerative in...
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'Sea urchin'-shaped nanostructures grown in the lab
Researchers have succeeded in growing sea-urchin shaped nanostructures from minute balls of polystyrene beads using a simple electrochemical process. The spines of the sea urchin...
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New theory of why midcontinent faults produce earthquakes
A new theory may solve the mystery of why the New Madrid fault, which lies in the middle of the continent and not along a...
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Reading terrorists minds about imminent attack: Brain waves correlate to guilty knowledge in mock terrorism...
Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when and where the next attack will occur. That...
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Next generation sequencing establishes genetic link between two rare diseases
Scientists have successfully used "next generation sequencing" to identify mutations that may cause a rare and mysterious genetic disorder. The research demonstrates that sequencing an...
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Memory's master switch: Molecular power behind memory discovered
A new study describes GABA, a natural molecule that occurs in the brain, which could be the main factor in regulating how many new memories...
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Mechanism uncovered behind Salmonella virulence and drug susceptibility
Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects is virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics. The mechanism changes the bacteria's production of proteins...
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Ultra-strong interaction between light and matter realized: One more step on the path to quantum...
Researchers around the world are working on the development of quantum computers that will be vastly superior to present-day computers. The strong coupling of quantum...
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Most panda habitat is outside nature reserves, according to joint US-China research
Though much effort and many resources have been expended to protect the endangered giant panda, research by an international team of scientists shows that much...
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Reality TV, cosmetic surgey linked, says researcher
Research suggests that teens fond of reality TV programs are more likely to join the millions who go under the knife each year. For bodies...
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Oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may protect women against brain aneurysms, study finds
Results from a new study suggest that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may yield additional benefit of protecting against the formation and rupture of...
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New cellular 'armor' developed to prevent infection by AIDS virus
Researchers have developed a novel method of attack against the AIDS virus that involves creating a prevention system, i.e. an "armor" in the cells that...
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Blowing in the wind: Cassini helps with dune whodunit on Saturn's moon Titan
The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn's moon Titan did turn out to be blowing in the wind. It just wasn't from...
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Decontaminating dangerous drywall
A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall.
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Some like it hot: How to heat a 'nano bathtub'
Researchers have demonstrated the use of infrared laser light to quickly and precisely heat the water in "nano bathtubs" -- tiny sample containers -- for...
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Male modesty not appreciated by female or male interviewers, study suggests
A researcher who explored the consequences for men (and women) when they acted modestly in job interviews found that "modest" males were less liked, a...
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Diet and alcohol alter epigenetics of breast cancer, study suggests
Researchers have shown that the epigenetic profiles of breast tumors are related to patient diet and alcohol use as well as tumor size.
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Research of cell movements in developing frogs reveals new twists in human genetic disease
Mutations in a gene known as "Fritz" may be responsible for causing human genetic disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, developmental biologists, human geneticists and cell...
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