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Antiviral

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Name: Antiviral

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents

Modulating body's inflammatory response may help fight serious infection

Protein pathway protects vessels from leaking fluidTreating virulent influenza, sepsis, and other potentially deadly infections long has focused on looking for ways to kill viruses and bacteria. But new research from the University of Utah and Utah State ... [Published 9 hours ago by News-Medical.Net]

Entities: Infection, Sepsis, Antiviral, Influenza

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

Tamiflu resistance still a concern

The resistance to popular antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is set to be high on the agenda during the coming influenza season which is, once again, predicted to be dominated by strains of swine flu.Experts have warned that the A(H1N1) pandemic virus would ... [Published 15 hours ago by Pharmacy News]

Entities: Tamiflu, Swine Flu, Virus, Influenza, Mutation

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

Novel compound found effective against avian influenza virus

A novel compound is highly effective against the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, including some drug-resistant strains, according to new research led by a virologist. The work, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Pathogens on ... [Published 23 hours ago by Science Centric]

Entities: Virus, Bird Flu, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Influenza A H5N1 Virus

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 4 Documents

Marie France

Household Transmission Of H1N1 Influenza During Initial Outbreak Limited By Preventive Behaviors

Simple, common sense behaviors, including having a discussion at home about how to prevent influenza, can help limit the spread of H1N1 in a household, according to a study of the initial outbreak in New York City in 2009. Published in the April 1 issue ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Medical News Today]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Marie France, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pandemic

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Bananas Can Help Prevent HIV

It has been recently found that Bananas are rich in a sugary protein called BanLec, a Lectin which attaches to the HIV Envelope and protects the body from being able to get the virus through sexual transmission. It clings to the binding of the sugar rich ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by ECanadaNow]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Lectins, Virus, lectin

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

US: Obesity and H1N1

The CDC has published Questions & Answers: Morbid Obesity as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization and Death due to 2009 H1N1. Excerpt:What has been learned from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic about morbid obesity and risk of death? People who are obese or morbidly ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by H5N1]

Entities: Obesity, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, PLoS ONE, Antiviral

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Food and Drug Administration

A 90% Cure Rate For the Flu at 4X Earnings

Every year, seasonal flu puts about 200,000 Americans in the hospital and kills 36,000 of them, mostly the elderly. Worldwide, the numbers are more than triple the U.S. statistics -- and that's not even counting the swine flu deaths now that this strain ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by InvestorPlace.com]

Entities: Influenza, Antiviral, Food and Drug Administration, Shionogi

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Cancer system aims to score on cost of care -

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a scoring system to predict future risk of liver cancer among chronic hepatitis B patients.The system was developed from a study of 1,005 hepatitis patients over a 10-year period, starting ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Hong Kong Standard]

Entities: Liver Cancer, Cancer, Antiviral, Hepatitis

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

FDA Seeking Comments about Expanded Access for Direct-acting Antiviral Drugs for Hepatitis C

Current standard therapy for chronic hepatitis C is a combination regimen of taken for 24 or 48 weeks (depending on HCV genotype). However, these drugs cause difficult side effects and produce a sustained response, or cure, for only about half of patients ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by HIV and Hepatitis.com]

Entities: Hepatitis C, Antiviral, Food and Drug Administration

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

S'pore buys 1m bird flu vaccine doses

SINGAPORE has bought a million doses of a vaccine to protect the people here against the H5N1 bird flu.The vaccine will arrive by the end of the year.The bug is particularly scary for Singapore, which sits next to Indonesia, the country with the most ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Asiaone]

Entities: Vaccine, Influenza A H5N1 Virus, Pandemic, Bird Flu

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

University of Michigan scientists discover bone marrow can harbor HIV-infected cells

niversity of Michigan scientists have identified a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. The findings, which appear in Nature Medicine , indicate a new target for curing the disease so those infected ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by Bionity.com]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Virus, bone marrow

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 2 Documents

Children with chronic illness more likely to develop H1N1 influenza: Study

Pediatric ICU capacity can be managed to meet the demands of a flu pandemicAs critical care professionals develop a better understanding of the progression of H1N1, they are becoming better prepared to treat children with severe cases, according to a ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by News-Medical.Net]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Pandemic, Critical Care Medicine

Quotes

...study opens a potentially exciting approach to treating virulent viral-caused infections such as pandemic H1N1 and the highly infectious avian flu. "It may be even a more effective approach if it were to be used in combination with antiviral drug therapy, perhaps allowing the antiviral drug to be used at concentrations below those which would induce drug resistance or allow the drug to be administered for shorter periods of time" said Barnard, also a co-author on the study

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Blogs

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US: Obesity and H1N1 [H5N1 - Mar 17 2010] The CDC has published Questions & Answers: Morbid Obesity as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization and Death due to 2009 H1N1. Excerpt:What has been learned from the ...
China: New Regulation Proposed For Internet Cafes [Global Voices Online - Mar 08 2010] A member of the National People’s Congress suggested quick legislative action Mar. 6 on a resolution that would close Chinese internet cafes between midnight and ...
Mexico confirms first H1N1 mutation [H5N1 - Mar 04 2010] Via Ansalatina.com: MINISTRO DE SALUD MEXICANO CONFIRMA MUTACION DE VIRUS DE GRIPE A. [Mexican Health Ministry confirms H1N1 mutation.] Excerpt, with my translation:El ...
New Zealand promotes flu "super-shot" [H5N1 - Mar 01 2010] While we try to forget H1N1, the people in the southern hemisphere are trying to prevent a new wave. Via the Wairarapa Times-Age: New shots fired in flu fight - ...
Mexico: Life in the fast lane of the flu corridor [H5N1 - Feb 22 2010] The American Association for the Advancement of Science is meeting in San Diego this week, and Dr. Carlos Castillo-Chavez, an epidemiologist at Arizona State, gave ...

Audio/Video

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Wes Studi: Take 3 [CDC Streaming Health - YouTube - Jan 19 2010]
Wes Studi and Flu: Take 3 to Protect the Circle... [USGOVHHS - YouTube Channel - Jan 08 2010]
H1N1 Flu Press Conference (CDC): 12/01/2009 [USGOVHHS - YouTube Channel - Dec 01 2009]
Mixing Tamiflu in Sweet Liquid [CDC Streaming Health - YouTube - Nov 12 2009]
Vaccine - H1N1 Flu Press Conference (CDC): 10/3... [USGOVHHS - YouTube Channel - Nov 02 2009]