As a national supporter of Cover the Uninsured Week, the American Public Health Association (APHA) renews its call for expanding health coverage for children through Medicaid and the State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
India is among six developing countries who have been awarded grants to establish capacity to manufacture influenza vaccine so that it is readily available in case a pandemic breaks out, the United Nations health agency has announced.
New research suggests that statins may be useful when treating infection-related influenza and pneumonia.
Roche announces several new research initiatives to further study the use of Tamiflu against the evolving H5N1 avian influenza virus and outlined the future production strategy for Tamiflu.
A Medical College of Wisconsin and Children?s Research Institute team in Milwaukee has created a free, searchable genetic database that will significantly improve diagnostic testing and genetic tracking of human and animal influenza viruses. The site, which is automatically updated weekly, will also facilitate rapid response as new virus strains emerge to cause either annual epidemics or the next pandemic.
Aiming to ensure that in the event of a flu pandemic, all countries will have access to sufficient doses of influenza vaccine, six developing States are being awarded grants to establish their capacity to manufacture them, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced.
As part of a concerted effort to ensure more equitable access to a potential pandemic influenza vaccine, six developing countries are being awarded grants to establish in-country manufacturing capacity for influenza vaccine.
Bird flu patients who get early treatment with the antiviral drug Tamiflu have the best chances of surviving while using steroids can do more harm than good, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
In 1918, U.S. cities closed theaters, restricted weddings, and staggered factory shifts so people wouldn’t spread the deadly Spanish flu.
Consumers who have purchased raw milk from Fisher’s Dairy, Butler County, any time after April 9, 2007, should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said.