It may be time to pull out those swine flu masks, again! Two children have been infected by a new strain of the flu, which spread across the world in 2010. The children have since been treated for the flu and are expected to make a full recovery. Both children received the H1N1 vaccination back in September 2010, but the H1N1 or “swine flu” vaccine does not fight against the new strain H3N2. Read more about the children after the jump. @Julie1205
Universal flu vaccine in the works!
@pknotts19 Researchers hope a new treatment developed in the United Kingdom will prove vital in controlling future flu pandemics such as H1N1 (swine) flu, bird flu as well as ending the need for annual flu jabs. Developed by scientists at Oxford University, the new vaccine works by targeting protein cells inside the influenza A virus, instead of current vaccines that attack proteins on the outside of the flu virus.
