But – the vagaries of anecdotal evidence aside – statistics for the whole country show that seasonal flu is at its lowest recorded level. It seems that the virulent H1N1 "swine flu" strain behind the 2009 pandemic has almost disappeared, ceding...

Gallander is president of Contra The Heard Investment Letter. APT is a Canadian company that thrives on disaster. This manufacturer of protective apparel does well when contagions like H1N1 and SARS are in the news. The company has cash in the bank, no...

A committee of the Vermont Senate is hearing from both sides as it debates a bill that would end the so-called philosophical exemption that lets families avoid having their children immunized against polio, measles and other diseases. Associated Press...

In the United States, the peak rate of infections and hospitalizations from H1N1 occurred between September and December 2009. While other research has looked at people's beliefs about the H1N1 influenza at one point at time, this study used the RAND...

The college ramped up cleaning work and started sending updates to students. Like many colleges, George Washington had a similar response in place during the H1N1 outbreak of 2010. While the stakes with stomach flu are a bit lower, Darnell said there’s...

An increased health conscious population has driven sales higher over the period, particularly during 2009 as the H1N1 flu pandemic resulted in a sharp sales gain. This sales rise was short lived, however, as the pandemic waned and consumers’ concerns...

While not an all-time low, officials say this is the least active flu season since 2005-2006. "Certainly this year we didn't really see a surge in patients coming in at any point with the flu," said Dr. Orli Goldberg of the Forest Hill Family Health...

The number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu by the end of January was the lowest it’s been in the past five years, according to data from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. In Toronto there were only 64 confirmed cases of...

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - To reach his office in Galveston National Laboratory, where scientists study deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, director James Le Duc swipes his key card at the building's single entrance, which is...

It’s about time that drug counterfeiting received attention from the media; it is a significant public health menace. In 2010 during the H1N1 flu epidemic, the FDA warned consumers about a potentially harmful counterfeit anti-flu drug that could be a...

Issues like health and climate change do not respect national boundaries or political realities, he said, noting that Taiwan has had to deal with problems such as typhoons, floods, pollution, SARS, H1N1 and HIV/AIDS. "We are now engaging in complex...

Recent examples include the ongoing political uprising in the Middle Eastern and North African (Mena) region, and the Euro zone debt crisis, as well as the devastating earthquake and tsunami that destroyed part of Japan in March. There was also the...

The end of the holidays may have kick started the second wave of the pandemic, say the authors, although falling temperatures and the arrival of autumn weather were also important factors in the upsurge of cases in late October and early November. They...

IS nearly 100 years since Spanish flu was a major issue in Stoke-on-Trent. But the Valencia press were suggesting the team might need an extra plane-full of tissues when they jetted into the Potteries yesterday. Admittedly, this rash of red noses is not...

That is the hypothesis set forth in a scientific article that calls for research into the links between weather variations, bird migration, and influenza pandemics. “We examined the four most recent human influenza pandemics (1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009)...

The copper iodide generates reactive oxygen species which kill viruses by degrading viral proteins. The particles can be applied to products such as filters, face masks, kitchen cloths, counter tops, and other products where people might come into...

The copper iodide generates reactive oxygen species which kill viruses by degrading viral proteins. The particles can be applied to products such as filters, face masks, kitchen cloths, counter tops, and other products where people might come into...

However, several related challenges arose during the recent 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which should be considered in future planning. Moreover, the current economic climate and substantial funding cuts mean public health departments are losing staff, and with...

However, several related challenges arose during the recent 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which should be considered in future planning. Moreover, the current economic climate and substantial funding cuts mean public health departments are losing staff, and with...