Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): Children with chronic illness, especially respiratory illness, are more likely to develop H1N1 influenza, concludes a new study.
The study has been published in the March issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM).
The H1N1 study focusing exclusively on critically ill children found that children with chronic illness, especially respiratory illness, are more [...]
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): A new study has found that a high dosage of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for patients with critical illness is unlikely to be required for the treatment of pandemic (H1N1) influenza.
The study has appeared in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
The study goes against the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, which say all critically [...]
Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): Almost half of the Americans believe that the H1N1 outbreak is over, according to a new study.
While 18pct think it is “very likely” there will be another widespread outbreak of the H1N1 virus in the U.S. during the next 12 months, 43pct said they believe such an outbreak is “somewhat likely.”
According [...]
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Paving way for a less expensive version of Tamiflu, scientists have developed an alternative method for producing the active ingredient in the drug that fights the dreadful H1N1 and other forms of influenza.
The new process could expand availability of the drug by reducing its cost, which now retails for as about [...]
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): Johns Hopkins Children’’s Center analysed the H1N1 cases of the first 13 children at their facility to be infected with the deadly flu and found that serious complications developed rapidly and unpredictably, with great variations from patient to patient.
Even though none of these children died all of them needed attentive monitoring [...]
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): People with less education could be more vulnerable to contracting H1N1 infection and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a high school diploma, according to a new study.
In the study, researchers focused on CMV, a latent virus in the herpes family. Infection is common [...]
Washington, October 22 (ANI): A new study has found that computed tomography (CT) scans can be more useful than standard radiography (X-rays) in detecting the severity of disease in patients with the H1N1 virus.
Reports of seven patients with the H1N1 virus who underwent both tests were assessed to reach the conclusion that CT scans were [...]