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Measures to predict and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning after storm

Severe weather events, such as summer hurricanes, tornadoes, and winter snow storms often result in widespread and prolonged power outages, interrupting essential household functions, including home heating.

27 Sep 2018

Conservation biologist tracks disappearing species in remote and icy locations

Colorado State University Professor Joel Berger chases winter, year-round. Unlike the surfers in the 1966 movie, "The Endless Summer," he isn't in pursuit of the perfect wave around the world. He's tracking disappearing species in remote and often icy locations.

27 Sep 2018

NIAID releases strategic plan to expand knowledge of TB by using modern tools

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, killing roughly 1.6 million people in 2017. In the past 200 years, TB claimed the lives of more than one billion people--more deaths than from malaria, influenza, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera and plague combined.

27 Sep 2018

Bacteria living inside the nose linked to type, severity of cold symptoms

In news with several layers of weird, researchers have determined that the mix of bacteria that live inside your nose - yes, there are organisms living inside your nose - correlates with the type and severity of cold symptoms you develop.

27 Sep 2018

Third case of monkey pox confirmed in UK

Officials from Public Health England (PHE) have confirmed yesterday (26th September 2018) that a third person in UK has been diagnosed with monkey pox. While the first two patients had most likely picked up the infection from Nigeria, this third infection has occurred in a healthcare worker who was treating one of the first two infected patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

26 Sep 2018

New approach to vaccine development and improved surveillance could help target deadly diseases

Scientists hope that a new approach to vaccine development, combined with improved surveillance of potential future threats of outbreak, could help to massively reduce the impact of deadly diseases such as Ebola, Marburg and Lassa fever.

26 Sep 2018

Diabetes patients with poor blood sugar control face highest risk of serious infections

A new study has shown that diabetes patients with the poorest control of their blood sugars face the highest risks of hospitalization and death due to infections.

26 Sep 2018

Research shows indoor HEPA filters reduce pollution caused by poor-quality outdoor air

Outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to indoor air pollution -- but high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters used in the home significantly reduce fine-particulate matter in the air compared with non-HEPA air filters, according to a new two-year study led by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City.

26 Sep 2018

New TB vaccine effective in half of the population in phase II trials

GlaxoSmithKline has come up with an experimental vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) that has shown effective prevention of the infection in half of the population it has been administered to. This could be a breakthrough in preventing the killer disease say researchers since most of the recent vaccines developed against the disease have failed to show efficacy.

26 Sep 2018

Philips' new full face DreamWear mask offers more options for patients with respiratory conditions

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced the introduction of the next generation mask in its award-winning DreamWear full face mask system.

From Philips Healthcare 25 Sep 2018

Solid fuel use linked with increased risk of hospitalization or death from respiratory diseases

Burning wood or coal to cook food is associated with increased risk of hospitalization or dying from respiratory diseases, according to new research conducted in China and published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

25 Sep 2018

Immunologist to study how Chikungunya causes devastating effects in older adults

Emerging viruses such as Ebola, SARS and swine flu are familiar sounding, yet seemingly distant diseases to many Americans. But that's not the case with Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that recently struck close to home and has proven deadly for the elderly.

25 Sep 2018

Genomic ‘islands’ evolved from viruses can be converted into ‘anti-bacterial drones’

Genomic "islands" that evolved from viruses can be converted into "drones" that disable Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria that are often resistant to antibiotics and pose a threat to safe hospital care, a new study finds.

25 Sep 2018

Alexion announces positive results from Phase 3 PREVENT study of Soliris in patients with NMOSD

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 PREVENT study of Soliris in patients with anti-aquaporin-4 auto antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

24 Sep 2018

ADCETRIS drug receives approval in Japan as frontline treatment option for Hodgkin lymphoma

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that its collaborator, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) in combination with doxorubicin, vinblastine and dacarbazine as a frontline treatment option for CD30-positive Hodgkin lymphoma patients in Japan.

24 Sep 2018

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

Smoke inhalation, pneumonia, and combat-related trauma are just a few causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome - a condition where the lungs fill with fluid, and is too often fatal.

24 Sep 2018

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

In proof-of-concept experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have highlighted a potential therapy for a rare but potentially deadly blood-clotting disorder, TTP.

24 Sep 2018

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

JUST as the cataclysmic conflict of the Great War was in its death throes, a new killer emerged that would, on a global scale, be even more lethal - the Spanish Flu pandemic, which was at its most virulent in October and November 1918.

24 Sep 2018

CHMP adopts positive opinion of Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for treatment of ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the full approval of ALUNBRIG® as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer previously treated with crizotinib.

24 Sep 2018

Old letters provide insight into Spanish flu pandemic horror

An archive of letters written by those who survived the Spanish flu pandemic at the start of the last century shows what it was actually like to live during that time. The Spanish flu pandemic killed over 250,000 people in Britain alone and worldwide it wiped out a population of over 100 million.

23 Sep 2018

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Measures to predict and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning after storm

Conservation biologist tracks disappearing species in remote and icy locations

NIAID releases strategic plan to expand knowledge of TB by using modern tools

Bacteria living inside the nose linked to type, severity of cold symptoms

Third case of monkey pox confirmed in UK

New approach to vaccine development and improved surveillance could help target deadly diseases

Diabetes patients with poor blood sugar control face highest risk of serious infections

Research shows indoor HEPA filters reduce pollution caused by poor-quality outdoor air

New TB vaccine effective in half of the population in phase II trials

Philips' new full face DreamWear mask offers more options for patients with respiratory conditions

Solid fuel use linked with increased risk of hospitalization or death from respiratory diseases

Immunologist to study how Chikungunya causes devastating effects in older adults

Genomic ‘islands’ evolved from viruses can be converted into ‘anti-bacterial drones’

Alexion announces positive results from Phase 3 PREVENT study of Soliris in patients with NMOSD

ADCETRIS drug receives approval in Japan as frontline treatment option for Hodgkin lymphoma

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

CHMP adopts positive opinion of Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for treatment of ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer

Old letters provide insight into Spanish flu pandemic horror

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