Researchers are reporting an advance in the quest for a fast, sensitive test to detect flu viruses -- one that requires no refrigeration and can be used in remote areas of the world where new flu ...
ATLANTA (AP) -- The government approved a new genetic test for the flu virus Tuesday that will allow labs across the country to identify flu strains within four hours instead of four days....
German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced Friday.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A house crow found dead in a crowded district in Hong Kong last week has tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.
... , a small change in its genetic structure – perhaps an exchange of genes with a more easily transmitted flu virus – could change that, he said. Developing drugs to fight the virus could prove life- ...
... Crucell previously demonstrated in laboratory experiments that this antibody can neutralize common, seasonal flu viruses.
"We can see exactly how and where the antibody grabs on to these influenza ...
German authorities have discovered the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus this year, the European Commission announced Tuesday.
... swine flu death rate was 6 or 7 percent. In reality, that would mean a monstrous killer ... reflects how much remains unknown about the new flu virus - most notably how lethal it is and why it seems so ...
(AP) -- The swine flu virus that has frightened the world is beginning to look a little less ominous. ... York City officials reported Friday that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few schools. ...
OTTAWA (AP) -- Pigs on a Canadian farm have been infected with the new swine flu virus - apparently by a farm worker back from Mexico - and are under quarantine, officials said Saturday. It is the ...
OTTAWA, May 4 (UPI) -- Health Canada is advising consumers not to purchase products claiming to fight or prevent the H1N1 flu virus, also known as swine flu.
... —parts of which are present in the Mexican H1N1 swine flu virus causing the current outbreak—tend to ... influenza outbreak and the human/avian combination virus causing it. "We do not know how long ago ...
... better way to make a vaccine against the flu virus. Though theoretical, the work points ... vaccine strain that differs from the anticipated infectious virus at the sites where less effective antibodies ...
WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found the ability to mount an immune response to the H1N1, or swine flu, virus is significantly compromised by arsenic exposure.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most complete analysis yet of the new H1N1 swine flu virus shows it must have been circulating undetected for years, most likely in pigs, researchers said on Friday.
