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Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), the antiviral drug, seems to be the weapon of first choice against the avian flu. The American government has ordered 20 million doses of the drug, while the UK government has placed an order for 14.6 million doses...
Conspiracy theorists believe that scientists know there are terrible man-made viruses that may be deliberately or accidentally unleashed on the world’s population, and that the H5N1 virus is merely a smokescreen. It’s been documented that American...
Avian flu (H5N1) is predicted to be the next pandemic, claiming up to 7.4 million lives, according to the World Health Organization. The virus was discovered around 50 years ago - but scientists reckon that it will cross over into humans within the...
Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) has all but been eliminated in the UK so who or what should take the credit? ...
The most likely place for your child to catch Haemophilus influenzae disease, the target of a new vaccine to be introduced this year, is in nursery school or the local creche with liberal policies ...
The Hepatitis B vaccine has been linked with the kidney disease glomerulonephritis. The Lancet (23 January 1993) reports the case of a 21 year old man who developed the condition after a third boo ...
Influenza may not be the great wintertime killer of the elderly as always believed. Instead, they are as likely to die from acute respiratory disease than the feared flu virus. ...
A major study examining two versions of the new haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine, introduced this month in Britain, shows that they don't work as well as they should. ...
A Finnish hospital has come up with a new approach to the prevention of acute otitis media in children between one and three years the flu vaccine! The study showed that incidence of acute otitis ...