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One year after H1N1 fears, flu season expected to be normal
The coming influenza season is shaping up to be a normal one, after the swine flu strain that swept the globe last year faded into a typical mix of circulating flu strains, US health officials said yesterday.
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Intra-Cellular Therapies demonstrates ability of ITI-002 to improve motor and non-motor behaviors in PD
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. today announced results from studies demonstrating the anti-Parkinson and other beneficial effects of ITI-002 (IC200214), the Company’s novel and selective phosphodiesterase type I (PDE1) inhibitor.
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Flu Season Appears ‘Typical’ as U.S. Pushes Shots for All Ages
The coming influenza season is shaping up to be a normal one, after the new swine flu strain that swept the globe last year faded into a typical mix of circulating flu strains, U.S. health officials said today.
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H1N1 flu virus can mutate in immunosuppressed patients-study
* Illness appeared in boy with leukemia
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H1N1 flu virus can mutate in immunosuppressed patients: study
BOSTON (Reuters) – Patients with suppressed immune systems can quickly develop H1N1 flu infections that resist all known drugs, doctors in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.
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Flu Myths Debunked
Can the flu vaccine give you the flu? Can it cause your child to develop autism? Can you get the flu by going outside in the cold? The experts are debunking some of the most common, flu-related myths!
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3M announces series of educational events to combat healthcare-associated infections
As a company on a mission to help hospitals fight healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), 3M Infection Prevention today announced a series of educational events taking place the week of September 27.
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4 Toronto hospital workers diagnosed with H1N1
Quarantine officers walk to airplanes arriving from Mexico via Canada or the U.S. at Narita International Airport on May 9, 2009 in Narita, Japan.
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National Health Education Campaign: “When Will You Pick?”TM Encourages Families to Make Flu Vaccination a Priority …
Soccer Legend and Mom Brandi Chastain Kicks Off Family-Focused Effort in Year When CDC Recommends All Eligible Children and Families Get Vaccinated Against Influenza.
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A(H1N1): officials told to visit houses
CHENNAI: The First Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday instructed the State government to issue a direction to the officers of Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Health Sub Centres to visit swine flu-affected houses and other houses to control the situation.
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Sequencing Tested as Infection Early Warning
Scientists aim to monitor communities for infections using fast sequencing technology. Scientists are coopting the power of cheap, fast DNA sequencing as an environmental sensor for infectious pathogens that can spread through a community. They hope that the approach can provide earlier warning of disease outbreak.
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Question by danman4472: What if you don’t take Tamiflu during the first 48 hours of the flu?
What happens if you don’t take Tamiflu during the first 48 hours of the flu? Can Tamiflu still be effective at reducing the severity and duration of the flu if taken after the first 48 hours?

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Answer by -Matt-
Not nearly as much. Tamiflu and other preventative medicines only work at the first onset of symptoms.

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Flu can turn drug-resistant fast
WASHINGTON – A SWINE flu virus infecting a woman in Singapore mutated into a drug-resistant form virtually overnight, doctors reported in a study that they say shows the limitations of using drugs to treat influenza. While the woman recovered, the mutation developed within 48 hours, rendering the infection increasingly resistant to the effects of Tamiflu, the main drug used to fight flu and …
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Johnson & Johnson Plans to Buy Crucell for .3B
Johnson & Johnson in talks to buy Dutch biotech firm Crucell for $ 2.3 billion in cash Johnson – Crucell – United States – Government – Health care
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J&J to buy Crucell for ?1.75b
AMSTERDAM: Johnson & Johnson said yesterday that it is in advanced talks to acquire Dutch biotech firm Crucell NV for ?1.75 billion (?1 =RM4.07), a deal that would boost the American health care product maker’s vaccine business.
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