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As winter comes around, news of a new flu epidemic strikes fear into many of us. Articles about an avian flu outbreak in Asia,...
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Recent reports have called into question the effectiveness of Tamiflu, along with concerns about many governments’ big purchases of the antiviral drug. This is...
Tech & Science
Researchers have found that the common cold virus reproduces more efficiently in the cooler temperatures found inside the nose than at core body temperature....
Tech & Science
H7N9 influenza A is a bird flu strain (avian influenza) and one that is capable of infecting humans. In fact, the World Health Organization...
Life
Northern California has largely been spared the worst effects of the flu virus sweeping the country, at least so far, so officials says residents...
Life
According to official figures provided by Public Health England, cases of influenza in the U.K. are running at a three year high. In this...
Tech & Science
Scientists have pinpointed a genetic mutation that was once thought to only occur in people in ferrets. For several decades scientists have been aware...
World
A man has died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in eastern China, state media reported Monday, at the end of a year in...
World
Japan on Monday ordered the slaughter of some 42,000 chickens after officials confirmed the country’s second bird flu outbreak in less than a month....
World
Hong Kong hospitals raised alert levels Sunday as a woman diagnosed with the deadly H7N9 avian flu virus was in a critical condition. The...