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| Podcast Examines Link Between Arsenic Exposure and Flu Susceptibility
In the latest installment of The Researcher’s Perspective, the new podcast series by Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), Dr. Josh Hamilton discusses the potential implications of his recent mouse study on arsenic exposure and immune response to influenza A/H1N1.
Environmental Health Perspectives, Sep-2009 | 13-Aug-2009
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| MED | Tip Sheet: H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Experts – GW Medical, Public Health and Homeland Security Experts Available for Comment
The following faculty members of The George Washington University Medical Center are available to comment on topics regarding H1N1 and vaccines, information for consumers, public health information, and information about homeland security.
Expert available | 12-Aug-2009
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| MED | Avian Influenza Strain Primes Brain for Parkinson’s Disease
At least one strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus leaves survivors at significantly increased risk for Parkinson’s disease and possibly other neurological problems later in life, according to new research from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
PNAS, 10-Aug-2009 | 10-Aug-2009
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| SCI | State Fund Advances Swine Vaccine Research, Six Other Iowa State Projects
A grant from a state economic development fund will help Iowa State University researchers develop and evaluate a vaccine designed to protect swine from novel H1N1 and other strains of influenza. | 05-Aug-2009
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| MED | 1 in 6 Public Health Workers Unlikely to Respond in Pandemic Flu Emergency
Approximately 1 in 6 public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The new study suggests ways for improving the response of the public health workforce.
PLoS ONE, 24-Jul-2009 | 24-Jul-2009
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| MED | Halting a Pandemic: NIH Mounts Search for a Vaccine
Saint Louis University’s Center for Vaccine Development is on the forefront of research to protect people from H1N1 influenza, which could sicken as many as one in five Americans.
Expert available | 22-Jul-2009
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| MED | Research Scientists Discover How Flu Damages Lung Tissue
A protein in influenza virus that helps it multiply also damages lung epithelial cells, causing fluid buildup in the lungs, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Southern Research Institute . Publishing online this week in the journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the researchers say the findings give new insight into how flu attacks the lungs and provides targets for new treatments.
FASEB Journal | 17-Jul-2009
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| MED | Study Suggests H1N1 Virus More Dangerous than Suspected
A new, highly detailed study of the H1N1 flu virus shows that the pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
Nature, 13-Jul-2009 | 13-Jul-2009
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| MED | First Wave of Swine Flu Requires New Public Health Strategy
ASU mathematical epidemiologist Gerardo Chowell-Puente is co-author of a new study of the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic strain. Findings, published June 29 online in the New England Journal of Medicine, reveal an age shift in the proportion of cases toward a younger population when compared with historical patterns of seasonal influenza in Mexico.
NEJM, 29-Jun-2009 | 30-Jun-2009
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| MED | Outsmarting Swine Flu Pandemic
Mathematicians, biostaticians and public health officials from across North America will gather at Arizona State University June 25-28 to focus on understanding, possibly mitigating the spread of the H1N1 flu virus. They plan to take up the challenge of proposing science-based strategies that can slow the spread of pandemic flu.
Mitigating the Spread of A/H1N1: Lessons Learned from Past Outbreaks | 23-Jun-2009
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