http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health Cold & Flu News, updated continuously. en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:43:15 PDT Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/smokersstruckbyinfluenzafacehighermortalityrates.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/smokersstruckbyinfluenzafacehighermortalityratesThu, 24 Jul 2008 20:48:30 PDTHealthDay - THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- In experiments with mice, U.S. researchers have discovered why viral infections have more severe consequences in smokers than in nonsmokers. For example, smokers with influenza are more likely to die than nonsmokers with influenza.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/birdflu_vaccine_usa_dc.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/birdflu_vaccine_usa_dcWed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:09 PDTReuters - Essential health care workers would be immunized first if a flu pandemic broke out in the United States, the government said on Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/healthhighlightsjuly232008.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/healthhighlightsjuly232008Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:02:49 PDTHealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/indonesiahealthfluasean_080723094546.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/indonesiahealthfluasean_080723094546Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:45:46 PDTAFP - Bird flu chiefs from across Southeast Asia have agreed to assess the ability of their governments to respond to a deadly human pandemic of the virus, an Indonesian official said Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/healthhighlightsjuly222008.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/healthhighlightsjuly222008Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:47:34 PDTHealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/nursinghomesunpreparedforpandemicflufallout.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/nursinghomesunpreparedforpandemicflufalloutTue, 22 Jul 2008 20:47:29 PDTHealthDay - TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- If an influenza pandemic swept through the United States, nursing homes might not be prepared to deal with patient overflow from hospitals, say researchers who looked at more than 400 nursing homes in Michigan and Nebraska to come to this conclusion.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthfluskorea_080722063034.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthfluskorea_080722063034Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:30:34 PDTAFP - South Korea will start year-round monitoring for bird flu after this year's outbreak -- the country's worst -- began later than normal, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/birdflu_vaccine_dc.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/birdflu_vaccine_dcThu, 17 Jul 2008 04:27:20 PDTReuters - A DNA-based vaccine against avian influenza can safely stimulate the immune system to levels expected to protect against flu, San Diego-based Vical Inc reported on Thursday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/antibiotic_resistance_dc.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/antibiotic_resistance_dcTue, 15 Jul 2008 22:54:18 PDTReuters - Treatment with a common malaria drug may explain why people in remote villages in South America have high levels of resistance to a widely used class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones, despite never having taken the drugs, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/healthtipmonitoringwhatyoudrink.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/healthtipmonitoringwhatyoudrinkFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:43:21 PDTHealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- People with heart failure tend to retain fluid, making it important to monitor what they drink.