flu viruses

People who recover from swine flu may be left with an extraordinary natural ability to fight off flu viruses, scientists say

People try many different CAM therapies in their efforts to fight colds. According to estimates based on the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), colds ranked eighth among adults and third among children as a medical condition prompting CAM use.

Can a preschooler really learn ways to protect herself from cold and flu viruses?

Here’s what the experts had to say.

(University at Buffalo) Future pandemics of seasonal flu, H1N1 and other drug-resistant viruses may be thwarted by a potent, immune-boosting payload that is effectively delivered to cells by gold nanorods, report scientists at the University at Buffalo and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The work is published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The 2009 pandemic flu virus has marked structural similarities to its 1918 counterpart, two studies have shown (MedPage Today) -- a finding that may help to devise new vaccines.

Pandemic H1N1 influenza behaved much like seasonal and previous pandemic flu viruses in an early, isolated outbreak at a New York City high school, researchers found.

LONDON (AP) -- Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows....