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Nov 27th 2008Drug InformationFlu / SARS
National Influenza Vaccination Week Is December 8-14. It’s flu season once again. Every year, flu infects up to 20 percent of the population, causes the hospitalization of about 200,000 people, and kills 36,000. But with plenty of flu vaccine available this year, it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationFlu / SARS
According to a new survey from Consumer Reports Health, just 52% of Americans plan to get the flu vaccine this year, despite its being the best option for prevention. The Consumer Reports Health survey uncovered a long list of poor excuses for not getting the vaccine, including 5% of people who say they would rather get sick than go to work.
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Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationFlu / SARS
Ikerlan-IK4, Gaiker-IK4 and the Donostia hospital in representation of Bioef are taking part in a European project the goal of which is to design a portable device that will revolutionise the manner of controlling flu epidemics internationally, thanks to a significant reduction in the time needed for their detection from the current 24 hours to a period of between 30 and 60 minutes, and to an increase in the number of control points.
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