Cold and Flu Blog

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62899912007-04-16T05:49:56.640-04:00Cold and Flu BlogChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453177923311776833noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289991.post-1086128429097421922004-06-01T18:18:00.000-04:002004-06-01T18:20:29.096-04:00

Here is the lowdown on zinc.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453177923311776833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289991.post-1084799328105228562004-05-17T09:08:00.000-04:002004-05-17T09:08:48.106-04:00

Flu vaccine seen as business opportunity. Competition heats up.

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Study says echinacea does little to prevent colds.

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Common cold no excuse for time off, say employers. Boy, those British are tough cookies! I like that new phrase "mucus troopers". Wonder if it will catch on.

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FLU During Pregnancy Linked to Schizophrenia

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The world is teetering on the edge of a pandemic that could kill a large fraction of the human population... It costs money to read the whole article, but the graphic is pretty cool, and I was able to look at it for free.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453177923311776833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289991.post-1082925007455163062004-04-25T16:25:00.000-04:002004-04-25T16:34:19.170-04:00

New York Man infected with bird flu. Nobody knows how.

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CDC Says Flu Shots Will Be Stockpiled for First Time

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This press release looks pretty suspect. But it caught my eye!

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An international team of researchers has discovered that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common cold virus causing bronchiolitis in children, can act as a 'hit and hide' virus. It was thought that the virus could only survive in the body for a few days, but these new results show that the virus can survive for many months or years, perhaps causing long-term effects on health, such as damage

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"Cultivating Cures: Biotech Industry Turns to Plant-Bred Drugs" ROWS OF GENETICALLY altered tobacco plants fill a Hayward greenhouse, but they're not intended for cigarettes or cigars. Instead, they carry human antibodies that may one day help ward off tooth decay and the common cold..."RhinoRX," the company's antibody that aims to prevent the common cold (rhinovirus), will begin clinical trials

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An estimated seven out of 10 Americans receive antibiotics unnecessarily when they seek treatment for a common cold...

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World trade impact of avian influenza.

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In order to ensure the availability of influenza vaccine for administration early this coming fall, the AMA (American Medical Association) recommends that physicians and providers begin to order supplies of influenza vaccine immediately.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453177923311776833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289991.post-1081436201776551062004-04-08T10:53:00.000-04:002004-04-08T11:00:29.466-04:00

If you lost your sense of smell after using Zicam, call the FDA.

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Scientists have discovered how bacteria that cause infections such as anthrax, bubonic plague and typhoid avoid the body's immune system -- a finding that could pave ways to control the deadly diseases. Could it also lead to more sophisticated biological weapons?

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Health Experts Call for Stockpiling of Anti-Flu Drugs.

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I'm just posting this becasue it explains how the cold virus is being used to make vaccines. If you want to read the full article it is here. "AdVac(tm) technology is a vaccine technology developed by Crucell and is considered to play an important role in the fight against emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and in biodefense. The technology supports the practice of inserting

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