Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/swine-flu/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241255.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241255.phpClosing elementary and secondary schools can help slow the spread of infectious disease and should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks, according to a McMaster University led study...Flu / Cold / SARS Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241008.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241008.phpResearchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu...Flu / Cold / SARS Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240797.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240797.phpA new diagnosis technique developed by researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) has succeeded in detecting influenza virus infection in only 40 minutes and with one hundred times the sensitivity of conventional methods...Flu / Cold / SARS Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240722.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240722.phpOnly about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, according to a University of Michigan report that details the behavior and attitudes of Generation X. But about 65 percent were at least moderately concerned about the flu, and nearly 60 percent said they were following the issue very or moderately closely...Flu / Cold / SARS Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240477.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240477.php Two years ago, pharmaceutical giant, Roche, promised the BMJ to release key Tamiflu trial data for an independent investigation. However, Roche refuses to provide full access to all its data. According to a new report by the Cochrane Collaboration, Roche's refusal to provide access leaves critical concerns about how the drug works unresolved...Flu / Cold / SARS Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240399.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240399.php US scientists propose that flu pandemics follow La Niña weather conditions in the equatorial Pacific. The conditions alter bird migration patterns and this promotes new strains of flu (migrating birds are known to be primary pools of human influenza virus)...Swine Flu Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239707.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239707.phpThe CDC informs that it has received twelve reports of humans infected with swine flu - A(H3N2) virus. Reported cases have come in from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maine, Iowa, and Indiana. Eleven of them were children. Half of all the cases had not been exposed to swine, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) adds...Swine Flu Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238924.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238924.php Scientists from the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have discovered that an antigen common to most influenza viruses, and commonly referred to as matrix protein 2 (M2), when administered under the tongue could protect mice against experimental infection caused by various influenza viruses, including the highly pathogenic avian H5 virus and the pandemic H1 ("swine flu") virus...Flu / Cold / SARS Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238871.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238871.phpThe researchers studied the immune response of 107 pregnant women after they were injected with a single dose of non-adjuvant H1N1 vaccine. They concluded that the influenza shot boosted the immune response in pregnant women and at the same time protected neuronatal babies via the antibodies that transferred through the placenta...Swine Flu Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238720.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238720.phpSocial determinants, including the lack of paid sick leave, contributed to higher risk of exposure to the influenza A (H1N1) virus among Hispanics in the U.S. during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study led by Sandra Crouse Quinn, professor of family science and senior associate director of the Maryland Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland School of Public Health...Swine Flu Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238689.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238689.php 1. Prevalence of Knee Pain Could be Linked to Surge in Total Knee Replacements Rates of total knee replacement surgery doubled in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 2006 and increased 8-fold in the United States between 1979 and 2002. Researchers hypothesized that aging and increased obesity could be to blame...Bones / Orthopedics Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238490.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238490.phpInadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America...Swine Flu Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238265.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238265.php The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed three mildly ill children with viruses similar to the swine-origin influenza A (H3N2) viruses identified in three other states. These viruses contain the "matrix (M) gene segment" from the 2009 "Swine Flu" pandemic known as H1N1 virus. This combination of genes was first identified in a person in July...Swine Flu Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237754.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237754.phpNew technology now makes it possible to collect 'near real-time' data about whether people are having any side effects from vaccination. By studying people who received the 2009-10 swine flu vaccination in Scotland, researchers showed that this rapid reporting can add another layer of safety to future vaccination campaigns...Immune System / Vaccines Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237042.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237042.phpResearchers conducting influenza-like illness surveillance in Cambodia have confirmed a rare incidence of individuals becoming infected with a seasonal influenza and the pandemic strain at the same time, a reminder of the ongoing risk of distinct flu viruses combining in human hosts to produce a more lethal strain, according to a report in the November issue of the American Jou...Flu / Cold / SARS Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236709.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236709.phpGuided by insights into how mice recover after H1N1 flu, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, together with researchers at A*STAR of Singapore, have cloned three distinct stem cells from the human airways and demonstrated that one of these cells can form into the lung's alveoli air sac tissue...Respiratory / Asthma Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236000.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236000.phpA unique and innovative analysis of how social media can affect the spread of a disease has been designed and implemented by a scientist at Penn State University studying attitudes toward the H1N1 vaccine. Marcel Salathe, an assistant professor of biology, studied how users of Twitter - a popular microblogging and social-networking service - expressed their sentiments about a new vaccine...Swine Flu Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235528.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235528.phpAccording to an investigation in JAMA, individuals who developed respiratory failure after being infected with severe 2009 H1N1 influenza, and who received treatment with a system that adds oxygen to their blood, had a lower rate of dying in hospital compared to those who did not receive the treatment...Swine Flu Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235044.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235044.phpAccording to an investigation presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, individuals with asthma who are hospitalized with pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine flu) are half as likely to die or require intensive care compared to individuals without asthma...Swine Flu Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234952.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234952.phpUCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu. "I was amazed that virtually every pig in this village was exposed," said Thomas B...Swine Flu Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234667.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234667.phpMany of the people who died from the new strain of H1N1 influenza that broke out in 2009 were suffering from another infection as well: pneumonia. A new study published today, September 20 in the online journal mBio® reveals how the two infections, pandemic influenza and pneumonia, interact to make a lethal combination...Swine Flu Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/234191.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/234191.phpOut of 347 pregnant women in 2009 with severe pandemic flu, 75 died, and 272 were admitted to an ICU and survived the illness, according to a MMWR report by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors stressed that pregnant mothers with influenza have a higher risk of being hospitalized and dying...Swine Flu Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233903.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233903.phpThe possible combination of influenza strains H1N1 (high infectivity) and H5N1 (high lethality) is a matter of global concern (1, 2). Bioradar UK Ltd announced (3) first, that the Replikin Counts of the two virus strains have risen simultaneously, not seen previously. Additionally, the rise is to their highest levels in 50 years (H1N1, 16.7; H5N1, 23...Swine Flu Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233667.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233667.phpHealth officials from Lake County Health Department, Florida, have confirmed that an 80-year old woman who lived locally and had visited California died of H1N1 Swine Flu. Since the start of the influenza H1N1 pandemic in 2009, the virus strain that was circulating then has become part of the normal group of strains that typically circulate during the influenza season...Swine Flu Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233269.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233269.phpA new study of children's hospitals nationwide has found them underequipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges health care institutions and government agencies to immediately review emergency preparedness plans as flu season approaches...Pediatrics / Children's Health