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  • Researchers Try to Solve the Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Don't Contract AIDS 18 Nov 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... a bell curve of response to any disease, but figuring out how these people control ... new ways to prevent and treat HIV infection, and now several research teams are going ... Bruce Walker of the Ragon Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. They are analyzing the genes ...

  • Don't buy fake flu drugs... 18 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... prepares a dose of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine for patients at an Asthma fair ... Asthma fair at Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder LONDON ( ... of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the ...

  • Two more deaths linked to H1N1 virus in Mass. 21 Nov 2009 03:15 GMT
    ... the H1N1 virus have been reported in Massachusetts. One of the fatalities is a young ... is the latest victim of the H1N1 flu virus, the first young child to die ... months ahead, we may see fluctuations in disease. Disease may go up further, it may ...

  • Dentists give advice on preventing the spread of swine flu 18 Nov 2009 22:35 GMT
    ... With flu season now in full swing, many Massachusetts residents are worried about coming down with ... can take to prevent the spread of infection—and help to keep your smile healthy. Washing ...

  • Physician Focus: ERs, the flu and you 24 Nov 2009 06:41 GMT
    ... Physician Focus: ERs, the flu and you Posted Nov 24, 2009 @ ... medical conditions. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, swine flu has already ... the best places are (in multiple languages), Massachusetts Department of Public Health at , and ...

  • ERs, the flu and you 24 Nov 2009 18:31 GMT
    ... Physician Focus: ERs, the flu and you Posted Nov 24, 2009 @ ... medical conditions. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, swine flu has already ... M.D., is a past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and vice president of Emergency ...

  • Flu Now At Historic High in Mass. 19 Nov 2009 10:54 GMT
    ... Swine flu is now so widespread in Massachusetts that flu activity is the highest it's ... this time of year. But the H1N1 virus is so rampant that it's almost twice ...

  • Swine flu shot clinic planned in Lunenburg 18 Nov 2009 11:52 GMT
    ... have the opportunity to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine during a clinic at T.C. Passios ... according to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The flu is expected ... Passios Elementary School is located at 1025 Massachusetts Ave. ...

  • Westwood rationing shots: Thurston to get swine flu doses, seniors get seasonal flu 25 Nov 2009 20:18 GMT
    ... Westwood's getting some of the swine flu vaccine the town's health department has been ... groups for that strain of seasonal flu virus are people aged 50 and older, Shea ... said. The state's Web site reports that Massachusetts has received about 1 million doses of ...

  • Virus lands Portsmouth mom on heart transplant list 17 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
    ... down with pneumonia in February. She said Massachusetts General Hospital physicians told her the virus that caused it attacked her heart as ... thought she was coming down with the flu, but by mid-April she was short of ...

  • Amid the Flu Epidemic, Don't Forget RSV in Young Children 23 Nov 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... virus (RSV) - takes a substantially greater disease toll among young children than does seasonal ... since young children drive transmission of viral infections, the researchers say. Recent hospitalization and mortality ... of Child Health and Human Development, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the General Clinical ...

  • S. pneumoniae testing critical to diagnose secondary bacterial pneumonia infections during Influenza epidemic 17 Nov 2009 12:12 GMT
    ... is believed to have resulted from pneumococcal superinfections1. For this reason, rapid testing for S. ... (6):637-44 3. Mandell L et al. Infectious Disease Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines ... women’s health. Inverness is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. For additional information on Inverness Medical Innovations, ...

  • Swine flu shows signs of decline, but far from over, health officials say 23 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
    ... and health officials last week reported two Massachusetts residents who tested positive for the H1N1 ... last week or so. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that reports ... disease,” said Dr. Ben Kruskal, chief of infection control at Harvard Vanguard. Kruskal and other ...

  • Bay State flu 'crisis' 20 Nov 2009 05:59 GMT
    ... patients compared to 170 last year. “Our epidemic of seasonal flu doesn’t start ’til January.” ... crisis,” said David Schildmeier, spokesman for the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control show flu activity nationwide is “substantially ...

  • Flu and Children: RSV Causes Far More Hospitalizations Than Seasonal Flu 25 Nov 2009 03:12 GMT
    ... since young children drive transmission of viral infections, the researchers say. Recent hospitalization and mortality ... shouldn't relax our public-health vigilance once that epidemic starts to wane, says Bourgeois. "Many of ... of Child Health and Human Development, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the General Clinical ...


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