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Protein that may treat flu symptoms, cut death risk identified

1 Oct 2017 6:50 PM IST

Babies born between July and December were at a high risk as they would be very young at the start of the flu season. (Photo: Pixabay)

Babies with older siblings at greater flu risk: Study

Babies born between July and December were at a high risk as they would be very young at the start of the flu season.

30 Sept 2017 11:30 AM IST

Researchers from Nottingham University examined several psychological and behavioural factors that show how well vaccinations work. (Photo: Pixabay)

Good mood may boost efficacy of flu jabs: Study

Researchers from Nottingham University examined several psychological and behavioural factors that show how well...

26 Sept 2017 5:26 PM IST

In India, the biggest problem is that we find people openly sneezing in offices or on the street and not covering their mouths. They spit in the open allowing for the virus to spread.

Fighting the Flu

Know the causes, complications and early care advice for the seemingly innocuous fever'.

22 Oct 2018 12:14 AM IST

Probiotics no help to kids with stomach flu: Study

Probiotics no help to kids with stomach flu: Study

Researchers found that kids who took the probiotic showed no difference in the length of illness or the severity of...

22 Nov 2018 12:16 PM IST

Swine flu is a disease which affects the respiratory tract of pigs and is caused by influenza viruses and is easily transferable to humans (Photo: Pixabay)

Global pandemic unstoppable, warn experts at Davos summit

Experts say pandemic will happen due to international travel as world marks 100 years of Spanish flu that killed 50...

27 Jan 2018 4:01 PM IST

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Heart attack risk high for flu patients: Study

Here is what a new study has found.

25 Jan 2018 1:40 PM IST

Flu can be transmitted through breathing, against all notions of contamination by exposure to droplets from coughs and sneezes. (Photo: Pixabay)

The flu may be spread just by breathing

The study is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

21 Jan 2018 4:09 PM IST

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Just breathing can spread the flu: Study

Here is what researchers recommend for people who have the flu.

19 Jan 2018 12:55 PM IST

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'Mutant flu' could lead to more effective vaccine: study

Scientists arrived at the new approach by studying the genome of the flu virus.

19 Jan 2018 9:14 AM IST

Flu deaths have soared by 77 per cent in just a week in England with government figures revealing it to be worst outbreak in 50 years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Flu outbreak in UK sees 85 dead

According to latest updates, 93 people have lost their lives to flu already this winter from two strains of virus.

12 Jan 2018 9:54 AM IST

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Repeated vaccinations help prevent influenza in older adults

A new study found that repeated vaccination for influenza was twice as effective in preventing the severity of the flu.

8 Jan 2018 3:21 PM IST