BEIJING (Reuters) – Global rules of social distancing targeting the coronavirus have brought influenza infection rates to record levels, early figures show, indicating that the measures are having an unprecedented impact on other communicable diseases. A sign promoting social distancing hangs in a post near the Crown and Anchor pub …
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Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance from COVID-19 at the Medscape Coronavirus Resource Center. After a little training, dogs can detect and identify people infected with the coronavirus, according to a new study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases. Eight dogs, which are part of the German …
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A new study involving more than 92,000 COVID-19 patients in Brazil shows that the odds of serious illness, ventilatory support requirement, and death are reduced with a trivalent recent flu shot. This seems to indicate that these vaccines should be used as widely as possible to reduce the risk of …
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A flu virus found in pigs in China has pandemic potential and needs to be monitored “urgently,” researchers warn in study in peer-reviewed journal. PNAS this week. Threat alert: While it has not been transmitted from human to human, the virus is causing concern because it is a genetic mix …
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An emerging strain of flu in China is drawing scientists’ attention just as the world is battling the worst pandemic since the 1918 Spanish flu. Chinese researchers identified a new strain of influenza that is infecting pigs in China and that has characteristics of the so-called swine flu, or H1N1, …
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