Background: The efficacy and tolerability of the neuraminidase inhibitor zanamivir in the treatment of influenza have been established in an extensive programme of controlled clinical trials.

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

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is hospitalized with the country's first confirmed case of the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Fortunately, most people with the flu feel better within about a week of their symptoms beginning. Nonetheless, the average ...

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During an avian flu outbreak, “The chance of infected poultry or eggs entering the food chain is low,” the FDA said on its ...

Doctors will usually prescribe oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or baloxavir (Xofluza) to treat the flu, although zanamivir (Relenza Diskhaler) is also an option. OTC fever-reducing medication like acetaminophen ...

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Some antiviral drugs demonstrate high effectiveness against bovine H5N1. A recent study published in Nature reports that a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, isolated from the eye of ...

But while flu is caused by influenza viruses only, a cold can be caused by more than 200 different viruses, according to Davis. These include rhinoviruses, enteroviruses, and (confusingly) ...

近日，甲型HIN1流感病毒潜入，威胁着广大人民的健康。甲型H1N1流感病毒的基因不断发生变异，且来势汹汹，多次登上社交媒体的热门榜单，引起广泛关注，但实际上甲流并非是新型的流感病毒且已有相应预防和治疗策略。