| ■ Flu Meeting Highlights Latest Research | 2010.10.25 |
| THURSDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- As another flu season approaches, with the memory of last season's H1N1 pandemic flu still fresh in the minds of many, scientists gathered Thursday to present the latest research on the flu virus and attempts to vaccinate against it. "A year ago, everyone was focused on influenza and thought many of the important issues were answered, but anyone who knows the field knows that we continue to make advances," said Dr. Andrew Pavia, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Utah and chairman of a Pandemic Influenza Task Force for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Children who lived with nonsmokers and household members who had been vaccinated against the flu were less likely to become infected themselves. Those more likely to become infected were children with certain underlying medical conditions such as asthma, cancer and some neurological disorders, report researchers from the New York University School of Medicine. |