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HEALTH / NEWS Sat Feb 6, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Federal health officials urged Friday that more Americans get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, sometimes referred to as swine flu, which continues to kill... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Dec 7, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The U.S. government warned consumers Sunday to avoid oysters from San Antonio Bay in Texas after investigators found the oysters caused a highly contagious virus... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Nov 5, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The H1N1 virus has now become the dominant influenza virus around the globe, with high levels and an increase of activity in many regions, the World Health Organization said Thursday... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Oct 16, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Americans should avoid buying treatments for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, online, the Food and Drug Administration warned... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Oct 8, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The H1N1 swine flu virus is putting our most familiar gesture of greeting -- handshakes -- at risk... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Sep 1, 2009 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- The federal government is reintroducing a powerful weapon in the fight against the H1N1 flu virus: Elmo... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Aug 25, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The H1N1 flu virus could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths, mainly among children and young adults, if it resurges this fall as expected, according to a report released Monday by a presidential advisory panel. The report says a vaccine, expected in mid-October, would come too late to help many victims... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Aug 3, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- French researchers have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus, the first derived from gorillas, a report said Monday... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Jul 29, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Pregnant women infected with the H1N1 virus are more likely to be hospitalized from it and perhaps even more likely to die from it, according to a federal study released Wednesday... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Jun 12, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The number of swine flu cases is closer to reaching 30,000, the World Health Organization reported Friday, a day after declaring the start of a global pandemic... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Jun 11, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- The World Health Organization scheduled an emergency meeting for Thursday to decide whether to declare a global swine flu pandemic as confirmed cases of H1N1 virus continue to soar worldwide... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Oct 31, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- The strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the United States and Europe has been traced back to Haiti by an international team of scientists. The strain passed from Haiti to the US in about 1969 before spreading further, says the team in the Pro.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Oct 22, 2007 @ 8:20pm neoform

Science Daily -- With the latest advances in treatment, doctors have discovered that they can successfully neutralise the HIV virus. The so-called ‘combination therapy’ prevents the HIV virus from mutating and spreading, allowing patients to rebuild their immune syste.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

BBC News -- An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed by the World Health Organization in Kasai province. At least 166 people have died and WHO says it is aware of 372 other cases. Specialist laboratories in Ga.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 5:06pm neoform

BBC News -- US President George W Bush's top adviser on HIV/Aids has said the world is losing the battle against the virus. Dr Anthony Fauci told a conference in Sydney that progress had been made, but more people were being infected with HIV than were being treat.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Jun 29, 2007 @ 9:44am neoform

Yahoo News -- In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said. The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV vi.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Jan 29, 2007 @ 9:36am mrmdc

VOA News -- Japan has confirmed a third outbreak of bird flu in January, this time at a poultry farm in the western part of the country... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Jan 2, 2007 @ 10:02pm neoform

Physorg -- AIDS researchers said a new drug shows promise for inhibiting the HIV virus in patients new to treatment or those currently taking a drug cocktail... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 12:34pm mrmdc

EurekAlert -- For years researchers have been trying to understand how a few HIV-infected patients naturally defeat a virus that otherwise overwhelms the immune system. Last year, a research team at the University of Rochester Medical Center confirmed that such patient.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Feb 18, 2010 @ 3:02pm neoform

CNN -- The Food and Drug Administration says Chilean salmon is still safe to consume despite a virus that has killed scores of fish... Read More