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NORTH KOREA FLU EPIDEMIC SPURS CONTAGION CONCERNS AHEAD OF WINTER OLYMPICS
The numbers were significantly higher when compared to the 1,250 confirmed cases of both A and B influenza cases documented in South Korea, CNN reported... READ MORE›
SWINE, BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS SLAM SOUTH, NORTH KOREA AHEAD OF OLYMPICS
A North Korean soldier who defected to the South also had several parasites, including an 11-inch worm, slithering in his body... READ MORE›
THIS FLU SEASON IS ON TRACK TO BE ONE OF THE WORST IN 15 YEARS
If that pandemic season is not included for comparison, the last time the country experienced such high levels of influenza-like illness was in 2003-2004... READ MORE›
Q&A: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FLU SEASON THIS YEAR
Influenza B viruses, which this year's vaccine also covers, are already showing up and tend to emerge later in the season... READ MORE›
FLU EPIDEMIC GETS WORSE JUST IN TIME FOR FUNDING SHUTDOWN
The Department of Health and Human Services has said it would furlough half its workers and suspend the CDC's influenza program... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS SEEK SUPER-SHOT FOR FLU 100 YEARS AFTER PANDEMIC KILLED 50 MILLION
Fauci is designating a universal flu vaccine a top priority for NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases... READ MORE›
'JAPANESE FLU': STRAIN NOT INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S JAB IS SPREADING
A strain of flu that isn't included in this year's main flu vaccine is spreading, according to Public Health England PHE ... READ MORE›
AUSSIE FLU: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER FATALITIES REPORTED IN IRELAND
Australian flu is the name given to flu subtype influenza A H3N2 ... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S FLU SEASON HAS U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS BRACING FOR A BAD WINTER, AND WANTING A NEW VACCINE
As we prepare for a potentially severe influenza season, we must consider whether our current vaccines can be improved, Fauci and his coauthors wrote... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Dr Derek Gatherer
20 MILLION MOSQUITOES TO HIT FRESNO; THAT'S A GOOD THING, REALLY
Sign Up Verily isn't the first to use Wolbachia mosquitoes for disease control... READ MORE›
ALARM SPREADS IN BRAZIL OVER A VIRUS AND A SURGE IN MALFORMED INFANTS
Brazil waged war on the Aedes aegypti mosquito for decades during the 20th century before a vaccine was developed for yellow fever... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS SPREADING EXPLOSIVELY, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
It was deeply concerning that the virus had now been detected in 23 countries in the Americas, she added... READ MORE›
FIRST LOCALLY TRANSMITTED CASES IN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Four individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes, Florida health officials said Friday... READ MORE›
FLU VACCINE USED THIS YEAR 'WASN'T UP TO IT'
Influenza NSW Health Minister says current vaccine 'not up to the job' after deadly flu season... READ MORE›
FLORIDA MAY HAVE ITS FIRST ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK
Small, local outbreaks of Zika virus are fully expected in southern states such as Florida, Louisiana and Texas... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER ZIKA VIRUS
Brazil has declared an end to its public health emergency over the Zika virus, 18 months after a surge in cases drew headlines around the world... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS LIKELY TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, SAYS WHO
Evidence includes temporal association between Zika outbreaks and microcephaly outbreaks both in Brazil and French Polynesia, she said... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ON HIGH ALERT AS YELLOW FEVER THREATENS MAJOR CITIES
What we have is an epidemic of disinformation about yellow fever ..... READ MORE›
1 PERSON DEAD OF FLU, 115 CONFIRMED CASES SO FAR IN OTTAWA
From Sept. 1 to Jan. 3 there were 115 confirmed cases of influenza in the city, according to Ottawa Public Health... READ MORE›
IN ZIKA EPIDEMIC A WARNING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Likewise, it is unclear how effective the Asian tiger mosquito might become at transmitting Zika or dengue viruses... READ MORE›
US SCIENTISTS SAY VACCINE '10 YEARS AWAY'
Prof Scott Weaver described the disease as frightening people in countries across Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›
BRAZIL LINKS ZIKA FEVER TO BIRTH DEFECTS
But ministry officials have issued warnings to women to think carefully about getting pregnant at the moment in areas where there are Zika fever cases... READ MORE›
GOOGLE'S PLAN TO ELIMINATE ZIKA-CARRYING MOSQUITOES
Google's plan to eliminate Zika-carrying mosquitoes more mosquitoes? In Fresno, Calif., a truck sprays millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes to halt advance of Aedes aegytpi... READ MORE›
BRAZIL REPORTS EXPLOSION OF DENGUE, A BAD OMEN FOR SPREAD OF ZIKA VIRUS
Dengue, Zika and another disease called chikungunya are spread by the same mosquito -- the Aedes aegypti... READ MORE›
LET GM MOSQUITOES LOOSE TO BITE AND HELP CURE TROPICAL DISEASES
Oxitec has built a breeding lab in Marathon and hopes to release its mosquitoes in a Key West neighborhood this spring... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TO DEPLOY ARMY IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS
Brazil's government says it will deploy 220,000 soldiers in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus... READ MORE›
BRAZIL FINDS ZIKA VIRUS IN HUMAN URINE AND SALIVA BUT RISK IS UNCLEAR
The Brazilian researchers at Fiocruz said that their studies had detected the virus in an active form in human saliva and urine samples... READ MORE›
ZIKA FOREST: BIRTHPLACE OF VIRUS THAT HAS SPREAD FEAR ACROSS THE WORLD
We were always vaccinated against yellow fever but we don't fear any mosquito now... READ MORE›
ONLY TWO COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS WILL ESCAPE THE ZIKA VIRUS
If a pregnant woman is infected by the virus, the baby could be born with microcephaly... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PUSHES PUBLIC TO DO ITS PART IN FIGHTING ZIKA SPREAD
By 1958, the Pan-American Health Organization declared the Aedes aegypti vanquished in Brazil, and in the years that followed, in much of the continent... READ MORE›
LOCAL ZIKA OUTBREAKS IN UNITED STATES 'LIKELY'
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which primarily transmits disease, is present in about 30 U.S. states... READ MORE›
PREGNANT WOMEN TOLD TO DELAY TRAVEL TO FLORIDA OVER ZIKA VIRUS FEARS
Fifty-three people have been treated in the UK for the Zika virus, which is predominantly transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito... READ MORE›
CDC ADDS FIJI TO ZIKA VIRUS CAUTION LIST
In areas where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes circulate, such as Florida and South Texas, small outbreaks of Zika are likely, the CDC said... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SAYS ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK WORSE THAN BELIEVED
Exclusive Brazil says Zika virus outbreak worse than believed... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS 'SPREADING EXPLOSIVELY' AND POSES 'ALARMING THREAT' WARNS WHO CHIEF
Dr Chan said that a causal relationship between Zika virus infection and birth malformations had not been established with certainty, but was strongly suspected ... READ MORE›
THINKING ABOUT GETTING THE 2016 FLU VACCINE? HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The influenza vaccine is formulated annually because seasonal flu viruses undergo continuous genetic mutation and the vaccine needs to match the major circulating strains... READ MORE›
FLU WARNING ISSUED AS REPORTED CASES SOAR
Swine flu is only one of four strains of influenza circulating, according to Robert Booy from the University of Sydney... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS COULD SPREAD TO EUROPE IN COMING MONTHS, SAYS WHO
But the risk is still considered moderate in 18 countries where a different mosquito, Aedes albopictus, breeds... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS MAY SPREAD TO EUROPE IN COMING MONTHS, WHO WARNS
There is a risk of spread of Zika virus disease in the European Region and ..... READ MORE›