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Scientists discover vaccine that can speed up flu recovery
Scientists at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in New York were trying to devise a drug to kill tumors when they realized it had another clearer benefit: fighting the flu.
5 hours ago - Daily Mail
Avoid the flu this winter
Health experts recommend that almost everyone age 6 months or older receive a flu vaccine, preferably in the fall before the start of the season. However, for kids that may...
6 hours ago - UC Irvine Health
Zinc lozenges proven to greatly speed recovery from colds and flu by 300%
Zinc acetate lozenges were found to effectively accelerate recovery from common colds, according to a recent analysis published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. As part of...
1 day ago - Natural News
Zika Update: USF, Sanford Burnham publish new findings
It's been more than a year since the Zika virus arrived in the continental U.S., prompting researchers to learn more about this little-known relative of dengue and chikungunya...
3 days ago - Orlando Sentinel
Thousands of flu cases prompt call for Queenslanders to get vaccinated
"Now is really the right time to be going out there and getting vaccinated."
3 days ago - Sydney Morning Herald
New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS
In June 2012, a 60 year-old man with flu-like symptoms walked into a private hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two weeks later, he died from multiple organ failure, becoming...
3 days ago - News Medical
Is This Petty? When I Got Sick, He Went Out With His Friends
How do you act when your partner gets sick? To be clear, I don't mean anything life-threatening or something that can keep an individual down for quite some time. I'm referring...
3 days ago - MadameNoire
Scientists To Test Whether Zika Can Kill Brain Cancer Cells
Scientists in Britain plan to harness the Zika virus to try to kill brain tumor cells in experiments that they say could lead to new ways to fight an aggressive type of...
3 days ago - The Huffington Post - 2 articles
Pandemic Alert: How Lessons From China Can Help Us Rethink Urgent Health Threats
Frédéric Keck , Collège de France The fourth article in our series, Globalisation Under Pressure considers the different ways in which China and the West consider...
5 days ago - The Huffington Post
How Getting Over a Cold Can Give You a Heart Attack
Photograph by Getty Images Your slight sickness might be paving the way for something way more serious Got the sniffles? A simple cold might not be your biggest health worry...
6 days ago - Mens health
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Child Therapist Gives Gorgeous Explanation Of What Good Parenting Looks Like
An Australian mom's brief exchange with a child therapist produced a beautiful lesson about motherhood that all parents can appreciate. On Sunday, popular blogger and author...