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Swine flu vax could offer universal flu protection
Researchers in Canada are touting a 2009 swine flu shot as a potential route to a universal vaccine that could target all forms of influenza, according to data published in Frontiers of Immunology .
Gen X largely shrugged off call for H1N1 shots
About 2 of every 3 American adults aged 36 to 39 tracked the frenzy of reports that erupted after the swine flu pandemic broke out and concluded that there was something there that was at least...
Researchers dream up a new cause for narcolepsy
Doctors administering the H1N1 vaccine recently got a strange wake-up call. Their patients were mysteriously falling asleep. It got so bad that it was suspected that a certain batch of the H1N1
Scientists mount computer-aided attack on H1N1 flu virus
Researchers have used computational tools for designing new proteins to incapacitate a strain of flu virus. Their research in the May 12 edition of Science shows that the computer-aided approach has
Computer models aid fight against flu
Reporting from the International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology at the United Arab Emirates University, The National wrote about how Dr. Vittoria Colizza of the ISI Foundation in
H1N1 tweet study suggests tool for health officials
Infodemiology is knocking. University of Toronto researchers note that the 2009 H1N1 outbreak marked the first instance of a global pandemic "in the age of Web 2.0," and so an opportunity to see the
Study: GSK swine flu vax beats Baxter rival
GlaxoSmithKline's ( $GSK ) Pandemrix swine flu vaccine produced a swifter, stronger immune response and was likely to offer better protection than one produced by rival Baxter ( $BAX ), according to a
WikiLeaks spotlights secret catalog of vulnerable vax facilities
During the recent swine flu pandemic, U.S. officials were bitterly frustrated by the need to rely on foreign vaccine makers to supply the bulk of the flu shots needed to calm an initially panicked
Australia accused of wasting millions on swine flu vax
Australia's Health Department has been accused of wasting millions of dollars on a vaccine in response to last year's swine flu pandemic. The government purchased 21 million doses of the H1N1 Panvax
Plant-based H1N1 vax starts clinical trial
The Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology and iBio have found a new possibility for H1N1 vaccines. Rather than using traditional vaccine ingredients, the Newark, NJ-based center uses
