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Scientists are developing a new generation of flu shots which are aimed at stopping the flu virus from spreading. The vaccine aims to make the flu less virulent, so it spreads less, and to stop the flu virus from mutating.
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A new type of flu may have been found in bats. Hitherto scientists were of the general opinion that all types of flu in animals capable of contracting or carrying the flu virus had been discovered.
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The FDA have issued a warning about the adminsitration of flu shots. The FDA is concerned that no safety data has been supplied for flu shots which are adminstered using jet injectors. A flue shot shot should remain as a needle shot or as a nasal spray.
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A new study shows the enormous financial toll from colds and flu. The finding highlights the importance of prevention, especially during the first two weeks children return to school.
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Scientists operating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an antiviral drug that promises to end infections from virtually all known viruses, from the common cold to exotic hemorrhagic fevers.
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Two young children were reported to have contracted a new 'hybrid' influenza virus, a gene 're-assortment' that appears to have successfully jumped from pigs to humans and again from one human to another.
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With the ongoing threat of a global influenza pandemic as a backdrop, the World Health Organization announced that it is working with a large pool of nations to more readily share viral samples to help avert more widespread infection.
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The H1N1 swine flu virus - responsible for 36 of the 39 flu deaths across the UK - is spreading more rapidly in Britain than elsewhere in Europe.
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It's that time of year when doctors want their patients to get their yearly flu shot but that's not on the mind of 2 out of 5 Canadians.
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Halifax -
The Nova Scotia government is reminding residents that flu season is fast approaching and is encouraging everyone to see their health care provider to get immunized.
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Flu Headlines
 Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season's flu virus.
Experts have delayed a decision on whether controversial research into the H5N1 bird flu virus should be released.
The Olympics will increase the already "extreme" risk of a flu pandemic spreading in the UK, a report has said.
 Closing schools helps to slow the spread of flu during pandemics, a study of infection patterns in Alberta suggests.
 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported the lowest influenza infection rate in 30 years of tracking flu activity, as well as the slowest recorded start to the flu season.
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Information presented by PharmPro suggests that ten people have died in Cambodia, Indonesia, Egypt, China and Vietnam...
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Here is a round up of recent news affecting pharma, biotech and healthcare. US Congress investigates 'fake...
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The flu vaccine to be used in Europe for 2012 will be a trivalent one. The vaccine will include protection against the...
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