Sure, pandemics can be scary and shouldn't be taken too lightly. But don't let Hollywood-style hysteria take over either.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2015/06/columns/epidemics-world/
Scientists have shown how both human behavior and virus biology affect which strains of influenza are in circulation.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2015/06/in-the-lab/fast-evolving-flu-viruses-spread-adults/
Infectious diseases such as dengue and influenza continue to plague the world despite our best efforts to develop vaccines and drugs. Sim Shuzhen takes stock of how scientists are faring in the f...
https://www.asianscientist.com/2015/04/features/trying-viral/
The current strain of influenza circulating in India could be more virulent than the 2009 North American strain, highlighting the need for greater surveillance.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2015/03/in-the-lab/indias-swine-flu-virus-potentially-virulent/
Bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent infection by the flu virus in mice, according to a new study.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2013/11/in-the-lab/japanese-superfood-prevent-flu-infection-2013/
In the past decade of intensive farming industrialization, a deluge of viral diseases has threatened public health, writes Zaria Gorvett.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2013/10/features/viral-factory-2013/
Singapore's A*STAR and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced the initiation of Phase I trials for their H1N1 influenza vaccine candidate.
Researchers have found a genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vulnerable to swine flu.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2013/02/health/gene-variant-linked-to-severe-flu-han-chinese-022013/
Scientists have made a startling discovery that pigs in China's Guangdong province are infected with avian influenza viruses.
New research suggests a far higher swine flu death toll, largely in Southeast Asia and Africa.
Empowering countries to make their own vaccines may sound like a herculean task, but it is all in a day's work for the Technology Transfer Initiative team at the World Health Organization.
A new study reports that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 flu may have killed as many as half a million people around the world – much higher than the official 18,500 figure.
At the recent A*STAR-NHMRC joint symposium, Asian Scientist Magazine sat down for a chat with Prof. Warwick Anderson, CEO of Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council.
RIKEN researchers are now able to detect a H1N1 influenza virus infection in only 40 minutes and with one hundred times the sensitivity of conventional methods.