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Study suggests statins reduce deaths in severe flu infections

(CIDRAP News) – The use of statins—widely used lipid-control drugs—was associated with a 41% lower death rate in patients who were hospitalized with influenza, according to a surveillance study from the 2007-08 flu season that spanned 10 states.

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FLU NEWS SCAN: Egyptian H5N1 cases, First Nation reserve and H1N1, H1N1 variants, novel H3N2 in Chinese pigs

Dec 15, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Tibet, H1N1 vaccine coverage, listeriosis risks

Dec 12, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak over, flour suspected in cookie dough outbreak, H5N1 risk perceptions

 

NEWS SCAN: Irradiating hamburger, nuts; antibodies to 2 avian flu strains; flu vaccine receipt vs risk; malaria hearing

Dec 6, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, ritual sparrows and avian flu, novel canine flu, bioweapons treaty review

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Kathmandu, H1N1 in health workers

Dec 1, 2011

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Egyptian H5N1 case, avian flu outbreaks, US flu update

Nov 29, 2011

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: More 'dual use' research, rapid tests for H1N1, T-cell response to H1N1, H1N1 and diabetes

Nov 28, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu virus survival on fomites, H5N1 and bird migration, measles in Europe, chikungunya in Bangladesh

 

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