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The naming of the virus was decided at a meeting of the International Committee of Taxonomy of Virus. The committee declared that the virus...
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One area of interest to virologists is in understanding how the genes of some chickens confer resistance to a serious strain of bird flu....
Tech & Science
With the skin cancer drug, a pharmaceutical company is taking the medication through clinical trials. Parallel research also suggests the medication has an application...
World
Already assailed by animal-rights groups, France’s foie gras industry now faces a fight on a second front: bird flu. Production of France’s favourite festive-season...
Life
Acetaminophen (paracetamol) is a widely used over-the-counter pain medication and medication to reduce fever. The drug is an active metabolite of two analgesics: phenacetin...
Life
Some studies have questioned the effectiveness of Tamiflu, especially the high expense in relation to many governments’ large volume purchases of the medication. For...
Tech & Science
The finding came about while scientists were looking into the virulence of the H1N1 influenza strain. Back in 2009 a pandemic associated with this...
Life
Last year’s flu vaccine administered in the U.K. was not a success, although the final figure of a one-third success rate was better than...
Tech & Science
The idea behind a universal flu vaccine is that the annual flu shot would disappear and a one-off single administration of a dead form...
Life
New figures about medical costs and associated incidence rates have come from a new report issued by the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and...