The latest report by Public Health England
showed seasonal flu levels remain high but are continuing to stabilise across the UK.
Not exact matches
To find out what impact this might have on a
flu epidemic, Earn and his colleagues turned to a 1982 study which
showed that ferrets, a common animal model for human
flu, produced more
seasonal flu virus if their fevers were lowered either with painkillers or by having their fur shaved off.
For example, the study
showed that while standard testing identified a virus as influenza A, which causes
seasonal flu, the new test indicated that the virus was a particularly harsh subtype called H3N2.
Seasonal flu strains such as H1N1 and H3N2 have
shown little resistance to the drug in adults, but two small studies have
shown resistance rates of up to 18 % in Japanese children (ScienceNOW, 26 August 2004).
Their study
shows that the drugs are all but useless in the yearly battle against
seasonal flu, while further deflating hopes they might be used to fight a pandemic.
They
show that
seasonal flu outbreaks originate in warm, humid areas of the south and southeastern U.S. and move northward, away from the coasts.
September 14, 2016 New analysis explores the geographical origins of the
flu A computer model developed by UChicago's Sarah Cobey and her team
shows that small increases in transmission rates may lead to the spread of new
seasonal strains from east, south and southeast Asia.
In fact, one study
shows that supplementing school - aged children with vitamin D3 helped prevent them from developing the
seasonal flu.
In a 2012 Annals of Family Medicine study of adults aged 50 or older, researchers
showed that mindfulness meditation is about as effective as exercise for reducing the occurrence of acute respiratory infection, which includes colds and
seasonal flu.
Other people might
show weaker symptoms than they would if they had the
seasonal flu.
Over the past couple years, in both 2015 and 2016, the first quarter represented the high point for occupancy in each year, as first quarter data typically
shows an uptick in occupancy due to
seasonal factors, such as the
flu as admissions to skilled nursing properties can increase during that time of year.
«The first quarter data typically
shows an uptick in occupancy due to
seasonal factors, such as the
flu.