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How to Keep Your Family Flu-free
Published January 7, 2009, 11:36 pm, Lexington Clipper-Herald
(ARA) - "Sniffle, sniffle, wheeze, wheeze." These are tell-tale sounds of cold and flu season, which is right around the corner. With a little knowledge and a few smart tips, you and your family may make it through the winter without a single "ah-choo!"
Feed the Immune System for the Cold and Flu Season
Published January 7, 2009, 11:24 pm, Lexington Clipper-Herald
(ARA) - Our immune systems are smart. The immune system, when exposed to new flu and cold viruses, learns to recognized and react to seasonal strains of the invaders. The system also remembers bugs it has seen before.
New batch of leave days arrives just in time
Published January 7, 2009, 10:00 pm, The Oklahoman
NORMAN — Last week I was so excited. A new year meant a whole new set of leave time at work. Maybe this year I could save up my sick leave instead of using it all to take care of a sick child. How long could I go without using any? I vowed to go as long as possible.Life had other plans.I’ve been home all week with my sick toddler who has respiratory syncytial virus — an infection of the lungs ...
Widespread antiviral drug use can accelerate the evolution of drug resistance in viruses
Published January 7, 2009, 8:37 pm, News-Medical-Net
Influenza's ability to resist the effects of cheap and popular antiviral agents in Asia and Russia should serve as a cautionary tale about U.S. plans to use the antiviral Tamiflu in the event of widespread avian flu infection in humans, scientists say.
Two-fisted flu season is hitting S.A.
Published January 7, 2009, 8:33 pm, San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5
Local health officials alerted doctors Wednesday that two influenza strains now infecting San Antonians both require a little special handling.
Bird flu becoming more resistant to antivirals
Published January 7, 2009, 8:08 pm, News-Medical-Net
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the resistance of the avian flu virus to a major class of antiviral drugs is increasing through positive evolutionary selection, with researchers documenting the trend in more than 30 percent of the samples tested.
Martha's Vineyard Times : Hospital acts quickly to stop "stomach flu" spread
Published January 7, 2009, 5:17 pm, The Martha's Vineyard Times
A highly infectious and very unpleasant intestinal viral infection struck Martha's Vineyard like a winter blizzard over Christmas.
China finds no bird flu outbreak after new death
Published January 7, 2009, 4:36 pm, Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it had found no bird flu cases amongst poultry in Beijing or areas surrounding the city after a woman in the capital died of the H5N1 form of the virus.
China finds no bird flu outbreak after new death
Published January 7, 2009, 3:52 pm, AlertNet
Source: Reuters BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - China's Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it had found no bird flu cases amongst poultry in Beijing or areas surrounding the city after a woman in the capital died ...
Widespread Tamiflu usage against Avian flu could backfire, study suggests
Published January 7, 2009, 3:41 pm, Rocky Mountain News
Avian flu could gain a huge toehold in the United States if public health officials make the mistake of distributing Tamiflu to everyone, a new study suggests.
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