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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Some counties requiring health workers to get flu vaccine

December 12, 2012, 4:01 PM
In an effort to prevent health care workers from spreading the flu to patients this winter, county health officials are mandating that medical staff around the Bay Area receive vaccinations or wear a surgical mask on the job. Health officials say flu vaccination rates among health care workers... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Researchers pinpoint antibody critical to fighting flu

September 17, 2012, 12:05 AM
Sifting through thousands of proteins, researchers have identified an antibody that not only prevents the influenza virus from taking hold of its victims' cells, but also cures already infected animals. And by examining the cell and virus in their crystalline, or 3-D forms, the researchers... + read more
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SDSU researchers identify protein that may keep flu away

July 6, 2012, 2:05 PM
Researchers have identified a protein that may prevent the flu from making people ill. The protein, EP67, is known to enhance the immune system and currently is used in experimental flu vaccines to help activate the immune system. But one researcher at San Diego State University saw... + read more
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