You Have Been Using Hand Sanitizer Wrong

Medicine & Technology Sep 25, 2019

According to the research, hurriedly rubbing on hand sanitizer will not kill the bacteria in one's hands, disproving advertisements from manufacturers.

Anti-Vax: How will that Work?

Mar 13, 2019

Are parents making the right choice?

Risk Of Heart Attack Increases By 17 Times In Just 7 Days If Anyone Is Affected By Respiratory Infections

May 16, 2017

The heart attack is one of the major cause of public death, but how it tends to be attacked. Scientists have found one of the main reason of heart attack or cardiac failure that is respiratory infections and it can increase the risk by 17 times.

Point Of Care Testing Provides Faster Medical Care Compared To Laboratory Tests

Apr 12, 2017

The point-of-care testing is significantly faster compared to traditional medical care. Patients with respiratory illness and flu can be detected in a fraction of the time with this new strategy.

Flu Vaccine Proves Greater Effectiveness Against Viruses This Season

Feb 17, 2017

The importance of getting a flu vaccine was again proven this season. United States health officials have reported that flu vaccine is a good match for viruses in the current time.

Paracetamol Might Contribute In The Worsening Of Influenza

Dec 08, 2015

Research from New Zealand concludes that paracetamol does neither help nor worsen the conditions of people with influenza.

Banning Dangerous Research: Hindering Vaccination Development

Sep 06, 2015

Is the suspension of the Vaccine development really for the better

A Step Closer on Universal Flu Vaccine

Aug 26, 2015

A new universal vaccine has been recently discovered to combat the detrimental influenza flu virus.

Poultry Pathogens Sweep the Midwest

May 05, 2015

If you've ever dreamt of owning your own industrial chicken farm, you may want to hold off just yet. It turns out a deadly avian influenza is sweeping across the Midwest like an infectious prairie fire.

Iowa Declares State of Emergency Over Bird Flu

May 01, 2015

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday to help battle the toll that the recent bird flu epidemic is taking on the state's poultry industry.

Unusually Virulent Bird Flu Dooms Millions of Eggs and Hens in Its Path

Apr 28, 2015

Tests have found probable avian flu outbreaks at five new commercial poultry sites in Iowa, affecting more than 6 million birds and even more eggs, according to the state's agriculture department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In the Wake of Ebola—H7N9 Influenza Has Spread in Secret

Mar 13, 2015

In the wake of the Ebola pandemic, researchers in China have identified a virus capable of global infection that has been mutating and brewing on the sidelines. A strain of the avian influenza, the H7N9 flu emerged in eastern China in Feb. 2013 in a small population with a mortality rate of roughly 33%. But over the last year, since it reemerged in October 2013, the virus has been spreading steadily, and mutating along the way. Now public health officials fear that the growing viral infection may soon reach the levels much like the Ebola outbreak, and it is something that researchers are heavily investigating.

Chinese Bird Flu Could Potentially Become a Pandemic

Mar 12, 2015

The strain of influenza that has swept across China is the second wave of bird flu to hit the country and has mutated frequently. Scientists now believe that this strain of bird flu "should be considered as a major candidate to emerge as a pandemic strain in humans."

Flu Only Infects Adults Twice a Decade

Mar 04, 2015

While the dangers of the flu may make headlines every flu season, researchers have calculated that adults over the age of 30 only catch the flu about once every five years.

The Universal Flu Vaccine: How Long Until It's Here

Jan 14, 2015

The flu is already upon us this season―and it's a cunning strain. But future outbreaks may be mitigated by a universal vaccine already in the works.