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Moderate exercise in mice after they were infected with influenza protects them from dying

University of Illinois researchers report that four consecutive days of moderate exercise in mice after they were infected with influenza protects them from dying, compared with mice that didn’t exercise.

5 Oct 2004

Significant progress in development of an animal model of smallpox that closely resembles human disease

Scientists have made significant progress in developing an animal model of smallpox that closely resembles human disease, which will be necessary for testing of future vaccines and potential treatments.

5 Oct 2004

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has today confirmed a further case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza

The case, which was fatal, was a 9-year-old girl from the northern province of Phetchabun. She developed symptoms on 23 September, was hospitalized on 27 September, and died of severe respiratory disease on 3 October.

5 Oct 2004

Bristol-Myers Squibb submits New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for entecavir

Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for entecavir, an investigational antiviral agent under development for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis B.

4 Oct 2004

Giving flu vaccine to toddlers in the spring and fall guards against infection

Giving flu vaccine to toddlers in the spring and fall guards against infection and is easier on parents than the fall schedule of two doses administered a month apart, found researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Washington.

4 Oct 2004

Chiron grants a non-exclusive license to the German Red Cross

Chiron Corporation has announced that it has granted a non-exclusive license to the Blood Transfusion Centers of the German Red Cross (Blutspendediensten des Deutsche Rotes Kreuz, or DRK) for use of the company's HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus (HCV) technology for use in molecular probe "home brew" blood screening.

4 Oct 2004

Additional measures to prevent H5 avian influenza in view of the recent situation in Southeast Asia

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection has taken additional measures to prevent H5 avian influenza in view of the recent situation in Southeast Asia. It has been maintaining close contact with the World Health Organisation over a family cluster of H5 avian influenza in Thailand.

30 Sep 2004

Circulation of ‘disaster myths’ in Haiti could hinder appropriate disposal of bodies

Myths about the infectious disease threat posed by dead bodies could lead to insensitive and inappropriate treatment of victims’ bodies following the floods in Haiti, and need to be checked, according to a public health researcher who has studied the potential risks at length.

30 Sep 2004

Berkeley searches for AIDS cure in a Samoan indigenous tree

The University of California, Berkeley, has signed an agreement with the Samoan government to isolate from an indigenous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived drug with the people of Samoa.

30 Sep 2004

Australian nanotech Starpharma to develop a second generation microbicide for the prevention of infection by HIV

Melbourne-based nanotechnology company Starpharma will lead a consortium to develop a second generation microbicide for the prevention of infection by HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

30 Sep 2004

Drug-resistant bacteria increasingly causing infections in healthy people

An emerging form of so-called "flesh-eating bacteria" is caused by a strain that is resistant to standard first-line antibiotics. The same type of bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is causing record numbers of less-serious skin infections in children and also is emerging as a cause of pneumonia, which can be deadly

30 Sep 2004

Antiretroviral treatment may provide protection against HIV transmission during breast-feeding

Women who take combination AIDS drugs not only have benefits for their own health but also may pass along high levels of the medication through breast-feeding, potentially protecting their infants from HIV infection

30 Sep 2004

Each year, between 25 million and 50 million Americans will suffer with the flu

Each year, between 25 million and 50 million Americans will suffer with the fever, chills, body aches and upper respiratory problems brought on by viral influenza, better known as the flu.

30 Sep 2004

Scientists discover a record number of proteins for the highly infectious and stealthy human cytomegalovirus

Scientists have discovered a record number of proteins for one of the largest and most complex viruses, the highly infectious and stealthy human cytomegalovirus, a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University reported today in the October Journal of Virology.

29 Sep 2004

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Latest Virus News and Research

Moderate exercise in mice after they were infected with influenza protects them from dying

Significant progress in development of an animal model of smallpox that closely resembles human disease

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has today confirmed a further case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza

Bristol-Myers Squibb submits New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for entecavir

Giving flu vaccine to toddlers in the spring and fall guards against infection

Chiron grants a non-exclusive license to the German Red Cross

Additional measures to prevent H5 avian influenza in view of the recent situation in Southeast Asia

Circulation of ‘disaster myths’ in Haiti could hinder appropriate disposal of bodies

Berkeley searches for AIDS cure in a Samoan indigenous tree

Australian nanotech Starpharma to develop a second generation microbicide for the prevention of infection by HIV

Drug-resistant bacteria increasingly causing infections in healthy people

Antiretroviral treatment may provide protection against HIV transmission during breast-feeding

Each year, between 25 million and 50 million Americans will suffer with the flu

Scientists discover a record number of proteins for the highly infectious and stealthy human cytomegalovirus

ID Biomedical awarded US$9.5 million to develop its cell culture-based influenza vaccine

New funding for Scottish scientists to tackle diseases such as asthma and multiple sclerosis

Last year over 36,000 Americans died from exposure to the flu

West Nile virus detected in blood donor

Chiron CEO to appear before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Five new human cases of West Nile virus confirmed in Mississippi

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