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Computer Analysis Slow To Pick Up Swine Flu Search Trends
John Connor would be relieved to learn that we don’t yet have to worry about oursuper-computers rising up against us–apparently, they’re still only as smart as the humans operating them. Case in...
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Swine Flu Shows Changes In SEO
By now, you have probably heard that the Swine Flu is going around. In fact, just last night the Fort Worth Texas Independent School District decided to close all 140 schools in their school district...
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Microsoft Launches H1N1 Flu Website
Microsoft has launched a new website, "H1N1 Response Center," which provides people with up to date relevant content and allows them to monitor symptoms and get advice using an H1N1 self-service tool....
View ArticleGoogle Spreads Flu Trends Around the World
The flu is a hot topic right now, unfortunately. A lot of people have it, have had it recently, or will get it soon. Flu shots are all over the news – Who gets them first? How many are available?...
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Government Adds New Features To Flu Website
Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has introduced new features to the government’s flu website in an effort to better educate the public. The new website now features a new H1N1...
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AMA Launches Website Focused On Flu Symptoms
There are a number of online resources available about the flu and the H1N1 virus and the list keeps growing with the American Medical Association launching AMAfluhelp.org. The website asks users a...
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Google Renews Flu Prevention Efforts
Don’t wait until you’re sick to search for terms like "flu" and "flu shot" this winter. By adding a few tips and a flu shot finder to its results page, Google’s taken special steps to help ensure that...
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Impending Bat Flu Hysteria Possible
Scientists have recently confirmed finding genetic fragments of the flu virus in bats, according to the CDC. The research was posted online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...
View ArticleThere May Finally Be A Cure For The Flu In Sight
I think we can all agree that getting the flu is about the worst possible thing that can happen during winter. That’s why we take vaccines, but it only lasts for a season. Even then, the vaccine may...
View ArticleFlu Season Could Improve, Thanks to New Virus Study
New research into the evolution of viruses could change the way humans control infectious diseases such as the yearly flu. The new study, published this week in the journal Current Biology, reports...
View ArticleFlu: One-Time, “Universal” Vaccine Could Soon be a Reality
A new process to make a one-time, “universal” flu vaccine has been developed by Georgia State and South Korean researchers. The vaccine should be able to learn to recognize any type of flu virus,...
View ArticleFlu Season is Picking Up in the U.S.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that Influenza activity is increasing across most of the U.S. “Reports of influenza-like-illness (ILI) are nearing what have been...
View ArticleFlu Scare Leads to Public Health Emergency in Boston
Botson Mayor Thomas Menino this week declared a public health emergency in Boston due to what could become one of the worst flu seasons in nearly a decade. Earlier this week, the U.S. Centers for...
View ArticleUniversal Flu Vaccine Closer After 2009 Pandemic
Each year, researchers work to discover new strains of influenza and develop a new vaccine. The procedure is costly and time consuming, which is why scientists for years now have been working to...
View ArticleFlu Vaccinations Are Up, But Not Enough
While the days are getting a little shorter and cooler, there’s something lurking around the corner that takes away from the fall bliss–flu season. Flu shots are now available at many medical offices...
View ArticleStudy Suggests Staggered National Flu Vaccinations For China
A new study from a combined team of American and Chinese scientists is suggesting that China implement a new national flu vaccine strategy. The paper, published today in the journal PLOS Medicine,...
View ArticleFlu Symptoms Suggest Mysterious Virus To Blame
What began with a dozen Las Vegas guests feeling a little under the weather has ballooned into concerns about the possibility of a contagious stomach virus being spread. At this point there are over a...
View ArticleFlu Widespread – And Expanding Like Wildfire
The H1N1 flu started with just two states that were seeing widespread symptoms. Texas is one, and apparently the source of where this flu seems to have begun its wrath. Last week – the flu epidemic had...
View ArticleFlu Running Rampant; Blamed For Multiple Deaths
The flu virus is causing widespread panic again this year, with the largest outbreak since the H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic that swept through the U.S. in 2009. Several deaths have already been reported...
View ArticleU.S. is Experiencing an Average Flu Season
The weather is cold across much of the U.S. and the flu season is now nearing its peak. A new poll out this week from Gallup shows that 2.8% of American adults in December reported being sick with the...
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