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Universal Flu Vaccine Could Be Available by 2013

Jason Koebler US News 14.01.2012
Universal Flu Vaccine Could Be Available by 2013

Annual flu shots might soon become a thing of the past, and threats such as avian and swine flu might disappear with them as a vaccine touted as the "holy grail" of flu treatment could be ready for human trials next year.

Flu breakthrough promises a vaccine to kill all strains

Scientists at Oxford University have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine that could work against all known strains of the illness, taking a significant step in the fight against a disease that affects billions of people each year.

Thailand warns of swine flu, bird flu, normal human flu outbreak during winter

Thailand's Public Health Ministry on Wednesday warned health stations across the country to closely monitor the situation of the A/H1N1, H5N1 or bird flu, and normal human flu as it is nearing the winter.

Hotline opened for swine-flu ambulances

Patients of type-A (H1N1) influenza with high fever and severe symptoms can be reached by the Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand within 20 minutes of a call to the hotline 1669, institute chief Dr Chatree Charoentheerakul said yesterday.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to hand out oseltamivir on Monday

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is now surveying clinics in the capital city and will distribute oseltamivir antiviral medicine to them from Monday, Bangkok governor Sukhumbhan Baripatra said on Saturday afternoon.

Thailand's death toll from new flu reaches 65

The Public Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 21 more deaths from the Influenza type A (H1N1) in its weekly report, raising the country’s total fatalities to 65.

All flu patients must seek attention within two days

Pongphon Sarnsamak The Nation 29.07.2009
All flu patients must seek attention within two days

The Public Health Ministry yesterday advised people, even people with no underlying conditions, to seek medical help within two days of developing flu-like symptoms.

New flu claims two more lives in North and Northeast

Thailand registered two more patients succumbing to the growing Influenza type A (H1N1) pandemic, both victims having congenital disease preconditions.

Baby born with H1N1 in Thailand

The Straits Times 27.07.2009

H1N1 death toll up 50% to 66 in a week

Pongphon Sarnsamak The Nation 27.07.2009
Baby born with H1N1 in Thailand

AN INFANT girl delivered prematurely at Ratchaburi hospital was born infected with type-A (H1N1) influenza - possibly the country's first mother to child transmission of the infection, medical authorities revealed on Sunday.

H1N1 death toll up 50% to 66 in a week

The death toll from type-A (H1N1) influenza rose to 66 yesterday, after the virus claimed 22 more lives during the seven days since the last report.


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