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Just Over Half of Children Hospitalized With Flu Receive Antivirals

FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2024 – Just over half of children hospitalized with influenza receive antivirals, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. James W. Antoon,...

First Cluster of Cases of Human Bird Flu Detected at Colorado Poultry Facilities

THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 (HeathDay News) – The first known U.S. cluster of cases of bird flu in humans has been recorded at two poultry facilities in Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control and...

Fourth Dairy Worker Infected With Bird Flu, but CDC Says Public Risk Still Low

WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 – Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, a fourth case of H5N1 avian flu has been confirmed in another dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday....

'Dual Mutant' Seasonal Flu Virus Could Make Some Treatments Ineffective

THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 – Two human cases of "dual mutant" strains of H1N1 flu have been reported by U.S. health officials. Unfortunately, the genetic changes appear to render the leading flu...

Doctors Describe Texas Dairy Farm Worker's Case of Bird Flu

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Doctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows. Bird flu in humans remains extremely...

Fighting the New Coronavirus in the Absence of a Proven Therapy

February 3, 2020 – While researchers race to develop a new Coronavirus vaccine, doctors are using currently available drugs to treat severe cases of the virus. Several patients have seen an...

FDA Expands Tamiflu's Use to Treat Children Younger Than One Year

December 21, 2012 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) to treat children as young as 2 weeks old who have shown symptoms of flu for no...

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