A total of 11% of RSV patients experienced a cardiac event, abnormal heart rhythm, heart failure, or ischemic heart disease.
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(CIDRAP News) The 2009 H1N1 pandemic brought to light ongoing controversies about the best use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare settings, and yesterday an expert group released a report that they hope will guide research priorities in the years ahead.
(CIDRAP News) As the Northern Hemisphere's flu season unfolds, featuring a mix of virus strains, researchers from the Netherlands who tested different genetic combinations reported that a mixture of the 2009 H1N1 and H3N2 strains could transmit and cause more severe disease.
Jan 25, 2011
(CIDRAP News) Flu activity in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) European region is spreading from west to east and is slowly increasing, with several countries reporting that the 2009 H1N1 virus is mainly responsible for severe infections, according to a WHO update.
(CIDRAP News) Federal health officials said yesterday they are exploring a possible link between febrile seizures in children younger than 2 after receiving Sanofi's Fluzone flu vaccine, based on a preliminary signal picked up by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) vaccine safety monitoring system.
(CIDRAP News) Flu in the United States picked up last week, increasing its geographic impact and sending more people to doctors' offices, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
Jan 21, 2011
(CIDRAP News) Zanamivir might be a better flu treatment for children than oseltamivir, according to a research group from Japan who observed the two drugs over four flu seasons, finding that zanamivir produced shorter virus-shedding times with fewer links to resistance.
