influenza

(Georgetown University Medical Center) A Georgetown University Medical Center professor says the voluntary action taken by two research teams to temporarily halt work involving the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is "laudable."

(MedPage Today) -- Scientists involved in controversial influenza research say they'll halt such studies for 60 days to allow discussion of how their findings should be reported.

(MedPage Today) -- Since the middle of August, the CDC has received 12 reports of human infections with a swine-origin influenza A (H3N2) virus, the agency announced.

(Institute of Physics) Life-threatening viruses such as HIV, SARS, hepatitis and influenza, could soon be combated in an unusual manner as researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of plasma for inactivating and preventing the replication of adenoviruses.

(MedPage Today) -- Three more individuals have been infected with an influenza strain that combines parts of a swine-origin influenza A (H3N2) virus and the pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus, the CDC reported.

(JAMA and Archives Journals) Patients with severe 2009 H1N1 influenza who developed respiratory failure and were treated with a system that adds oxygen to the patient's blood had a lower rate of in-hospital death than similar patients who did not receive this treatment, according to a study appearing in JAMA.

The first antibody which can fight all types of influenza A virus - which cause flu in humans - has been discovered, researchers claim.

(MedPage Today) -- If there was an elevated risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome after receiving an adjuvanted, monovalent influenza A (H1N1) vaccine during the 2009 pandemic, it wasn't raised by much, a European study showed.

(MedPage Today) -- When pregnant women receive an influenza vaccination they might be providing protection that extends to their babies after they are born, researchers found.

(MedPage Today) -- Children with asthma who need inpatient care for influenza face a substantial risk of serious complications, researchers reported.