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The fetus is resistant to influenza
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The fetus is resistant to influenza

A new study shows that developing fetuses are resistant to the flu vaccine that is injected into the mother. This finding may help end the debate about how the immune sy…

December 14, 2018
Anti-influenza A / H5N1: Wash your hands with soap
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Anti-influenza A / H5N1: Wash your hands with soap

According to a survey of the health sector, in some provinces, 9 out of 10 people do not wash their hands before eating and after going to the toilet. Ministry of Health…

December 14, 2018
Flu triggers a heart attack
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Flu triggers a heart attack

In a study to illustrate what experts have long believed, flu can kill people even if the cause of death is not directly affected by the disease, researchers

December 14, 2018
The risk of flu outbreaks
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The risk of flu outbreaks

Associate Prof. Dr. Pham Ngoc Dinh - Deputy Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said that March to April is a time of easy outbreak of the common flu…

December 14, 2018
Distinguish between bird flu and flu by weather
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Distinguish between bird flu and flu by weather

Cold weather, humid climate is an opportunity for influenza virus to develop. So how to timely diagnose bird flu (type A H5N1) and the flu caused by the weather?

December 14, 2018
Prevention of influenza A thrives
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Prevention of influenza A thrives

In the last months of 2006, the number of people with influenza A developed strongly but no cases of positive for A / H5N1 influenza were detected. At the meeting of the…

December 14, 2018
Stress at work - the focal point of illness
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Stress at work - the focal point of illness

Studies have shown that workplace pressures can increase the incidence of heart disease, influenza, digestive disorders and high blood pressure. Stress also changes the…

December 14, 2018
US aids Vietnam to develop H5N1 flu vaccine
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US aids Vietnam to develop H5N1 flu vaccine

The Prime Minister has agreed to the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to receive nearly US $ 1 million from the US Department of Health to develop the H5N1 flu vacc…

December 14, 2018
Treating H5N1 flu: Increasing dose of Tamiflu
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Treating H5N1 flu: Increasing dose of Tamiflu

On July 24, Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, the Institute of National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said that in early August, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia will begin r…

December 14, 2018
Pandemic & infectious diseases in human history
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Pandemic & infectious diseases in human history

In the early 20th century, there were two major epidemics, 1913 smallpox and Spanish flu in 1919. Spanish flu entered Australia after the first post-World War soldiers r…

December 14, 2018
Flu B syndrome and things to note
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Flu B syndrome and things to note

Since the beginning of the year, viral fever syndrome has occurred in all northern provinces. According to the report of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiolo…

December 14, 2018
Key protein detection in H5N1 virus
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Key protein detection in H5N1 virus

Scientists have discovered the structure of a key protein in the H5N1 avian influenza virus that can mutate into a deadly virus easily spread from person to person. This…

December 14, 2018
Two flu drugs are no longer working
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Two flu drugs are no longer working

The United States recommends that the two anti-influenza drugs amantadine and rimantadine be discontinued, after evidence that they are completely useless against the cu…

December 14, 2018
Radial intercourse - the anti-influenza drug
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Radial intercourse - the anti-influenza drug

Because synthetic antibiotics are easy to find, in Vietnam, continuous radialism is forgotten. Meanwhile, in Europe and North America, many doctors and pharmaceutical co…

December 14, 2018