Influenza :: Fighting influenza & co. with 40,000 blood samples
Four million people die every year from respiratory diseases such as viral influenza. For elderly people in particular, an infection can be dangerous.
Flu
Bird Flu :: Indonesia signs a deal with Baxter for human bird flu samples
Indonesia signs a deal with U.S. vaccine manufacturer Baxter International Inc. for human bird flu samples and the development of vaccine to combat human bird flu.
Bird Flu :: Egyptian teenage girl dies of bird flu
Egyptian health officials confirmed on Tuesday that Egypt?s 12th fatal victim of bird flu died on 2 February. The victim was a 17-year-old girl from the rural Fayyoum region, south-west of the capital, Cairo. She is believed to have been infected after coming into contact with sick and dead birds at her home.
Prostate Cancer :: Prostate cancer vaccine development gets grant
Mater Medical Research Institute director Professor Derek Hart and the team develop the prostate cancer vaccine which appears safe in the first five patients studied in a phase-one trial.
Bird Flu :: Culling continues in UK to contain bird flu
British authorities, trying to contain an outbreak of avian flu of the lethal H5N1 strain on a turkey farm, have gassed tens of thousands of birds and will continue with the culling.
Bird Flu :: Human bird flu death confirmed in Nigeria, first in sub-Saharan Africa ? UN
The United Nations health agency has confirmed a fatal human case of bird flu in Nigeria, Africa?s most populous country, only the second incidence of the H5N1 virus in humans in the sub-Saharan region, and is working with the Nigerian authorities to identify the source of infection.
Bird Flu :: UK investigates bird flu outbreak
Although more than 160,000 turkeys have been slaughtered at a farm in Suffolk in England in order to curb the spread of the deadly bird flu virus, officials remain baffled as to the source of the outbreak.
Bird Flu :: UK hit by first H5N1 bird flu outbreak in poultry
The avian flu, which killed 2600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm, has been confirmed as the H5N1 virus.
Bird Flu :: H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Britain
An outbreak of bird flu on a farm run by Europe’s biggest turkey manufacturer Bernard Matthews has killed 2500 birds.
Bird Flu :: WHO helping Nigeria cope with bird flu
The United Nations health agency is helping the government of Nigeria monitor the situation following two suspected fatal bird flu cases in Africa’s most populous country.