MADISON, Wis., July 14 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. virologists says the H1N1 flu virus pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
BOSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Influenza A H1N1, the swine flu virus, has so far spread from person to person less effectively than other seasonal flu viruses, U.S. researchers found.
LONDON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- British health officials are preparing for the arrival of an Australian flu virus, Brisbane H3N2, which has claimed hundreds of lives.
OXFORD, England, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- British researchers are testing a universal flu vaccine on humans in hopes of ending the need for yearly injections.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the 2008-09 seasonal influenza vaccine that includes strains likely to cause flu in the United States.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Afluria, an additional seasonal influenza vaccine for people ages 18 and older.
UTRECHT, Netherlands, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A European surveillance group said this week seasonal flu has arrived, as evidenced by 2,000 new cases of the disease across the continent.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. firm BioCryst said Thursday it has been awarded $102.6 million from the U.S. government to develop Peramivir for seasonal/pandemic flu.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the manufacture of this year's seasonal influenza vaccine.
ROME, July 19 (UPI) -- Anti-viral drugs including Tamiflu that treat seasonal influenza do not keep people from becoming infected with the flu virus, say researchers in Rome.
