Influenza vaccination is the primary strategy to reduce the burden of influenza. Antiviral drugs available for the prevention and treatment of influenza include neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g ...

Four antiviral drugs are available for the prevention and treatment of influenza infections: oseltamivir, zanamivir, rimantadine and amantadine. Oseltamivir and zanamivir are neuraminidase ...

High-throughput RNAi screens in human cells suggest new approaches to curb influenza virus infection. Brass et al. 1 used fluorescence microscopy to score the abundance of the influenza envelope ...

Viruses are the fastest-evolving biological entity on Earth. This fact explains why we need flu shots every year: Seasonal ...

Two oral antiviral medications, amantadine (a-MAN-ta-deen) and rimantadine (rah-MAN-ta-deen), can prevent influenza A infection as well as reduce the duration and severity of the infection in ...

A three-year-old girl was wrongly administered an anti-seizure drug before she died with the flu in a Perth hospital — but ...

SHELTON, CT / ACCESSWIRE / November 15, 2024 / NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), reports that it has filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30 ...

A It is the first in a new generation of anti-flu drugs, taken through an inhaler in the form of a dry powder. It is manufactured by drugs giant, GlaxoWellcome. Q What does it do? A Trials have ...

A "dual mutant" strain of H1N1 influenza could pose a threat in the US, warns the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The two strains, I223V and S247N, could evade antiviral drugs ...

The CDC's new report also indicates that other approved influenza antiviral drugs were still effective against the dual mutant strains. "These mutated viruses retained sensitivity to other anti ...