Stories indexed under: Influenza

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• UW-Madison flu outbreak enters second week Sept. 15, 2009 In week 2 of the semester (Sept. 6–12), University Health Services (UHS) evaluated 345 students with influenza-like illness (ILI). ILI cases represented 28 percent of primary care visits. Of the total cases reported since the outbreak began, 98 percent were under age 25 and 14 percent live in residence halls.
• Student influenza cases appear at UW-Madison Sept. 3, 2009 As has been widely expected, UW-Madison officials have received reports this week that some students have come down with symptoms characteristic of influenza.
• UW-Madison prepares for new semester with flu in mind Aug. 27, 2009 As University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staff prepare for next week's start of the 2009-10 academic year, administrators and campus health officials are finalizing plans to manage an expected re-emergence of the H1N1 influenza virus, or "swine flu."
• Study suggests H1N1 virus more dangerous than suspected July 13, 2009 A new, highly detailed study of the H1N1 flu virus shows that the pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
• WHO raises H1N1 pandemic level, UHS offers campus guidance June 12, 2009 The World Health Organization has raised the Global Pandemic Phase to Level 6, signifying the presence of a pandemic. This change reflects the continued global spread of the novel H1N1 influenza virus. As in many other parts of the United States, H1N1 influenza cases continue to occur in communities throughout Wisconsin, including Madison and on the UW-Madison campus.
• UW-Madison recommends against nonessential travel to Mexico April 29, 2009 Chancellor Biddy Martin has endorsed recommendations of the campus International Emergency Response Committee (IERC), advising against all university travel to Mexico until further notice. This is in alignment with the travel warning issued on April 27 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Swine flu 101: UW faculty discuss latest information today, April 29 April 29, 2009 Three of Wisconsin’s leading minds on infectious disease are teaming up today to offer medical professionals, and interested members of the public, the facts they need to know about swine flu.
• Researchers explore the broad-reaching effects of a pandemic in Wisconsin April 28, 2009 If a pandemic hit Madison, canceling a football game at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Camp Randall would protect thousands from exposure to illness. However, the economic cost would be substantial for stadium workers and employees at nearby restaurants and businesses if widespread, prolonged illness forced officials to call off an entire season of Badger football.
• Message to campus community regarding swine flu April 27, 2009
• UW-Madison officials monitoring swine flu April 26, 2009 UW-Madison officials are actively monitoring reports of swine flu that is affecting Mexico, with additional cases in California and Texas.
• Scientists isolate genes that made 1918 flu lethal Dec. 29, 2008 By mixing and matching a contemporary flu virus with the "Spanish flu" - a virus that killed between 20 and 50 million people 90 years ago in history's most devastating outbreak of infectious disease - researchers have identified a set of three genes that helped underpin the extraordinary virulence of the 1918 virus.
• Curiosities: How do public health officials determine which strain of influenza to create vaccines for each year? Nov. 6, 2008
• Flu-infected fly cells reveal dependencies of the virus July 9, 2008 By giving fly cells the flu, scientists have identified scores of host genes the pathogen requires for successful infection, revealing a raft of potential new pressure points to thwart the virus.
• WARF licenses influenza vaccine technology to FluGen May 8, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and FluGen have signed license agreements for a technology that has the potential to significantly improve the way influenza vaccines are manufactured.
• WARF, UW-Madison influenza researcher, Lentigen agree to donate technology March 25, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support research aimed at understanding the molecular features that lead to influenza pandemics. UW-Madison will collaborate with Maryland-based Lentigen Corp. on the project.
• Researchers identify key step bird flu virus takes to spread readily in humans Oct. 5, 2007 Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly pathogenic strain of influenza that spreads easily among humans.
• Drug-resistant flu virus emerges in untreated patients April 3, 2007 Flu viruses with reduced sensitivity to the front-line drugs used to thwart and treat infection have been found in patients who were not treated with the drugs, according to an international team of researchers.
• UW researcher and spinoff company to receive MIT technology awards March 6, 2007 The MIT Club of Wisconsin, a state association for alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is recognizing a University of Wisconsin-Madison influenza researcher and a bioscience spinoff company on Friday at its annual Technology Achievement Awards banquet.
• Flu season in full swing in Wisconsin Feb. 26, 2007 Influenza activity is currently considered to be "widespread" in Wisconsin, indicating we are reaching the peak of this year's influenza season. Practitioners at University Health Services (UHS) are seeing many students with the flu. To minimize chances of getting the flu, students are encouraged to get a flu shot and to practice basic hygiene.
• Study uncovers a lethal secret of 1918 influenza virus Jan. 17, 2007 In a study of nonhuman primates infected with the influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, an international team of scientists has found a critical clue to how the virus killed so quickly and efficiently.