Consequently, the director, Dr. José Antonio García Padilla, was thankful that so far he had seen only one likely flu patient.
The flu can be prevented or lessened through vaccinations, and vaccines change from year to year to keep up with the viral changes so that they target the most likely flu doing the rounds for that season.
Simhan, whose own research has suggested a link between influenza and early delivery, says that flu is a likely factor in newborn health, but not the only one.
This was most likely stomach flu: a simple viral illness.
Is it likely the flu vaccine saved my son's life?
The doctor there said I likely had a stomach flu.
Removing crucial information from manuscripts describing two experiments that made a lethal bird flu more likely to transmit among humans "maximized the benefits to society and minimized the risks," the government's biosecurity panel that recommended the censorship said Tuesday.
An outbreak of swine flu that has jumped the species barrier from pigs to humans – infecting up to 1,300 people and threatening to cause a global flu pandemic – is likely to arrive in Britain, the scientist who is heading the UK's response said last night.
Although WHO monitors global influenza activity year-round to determine which strains are likely to dominate a given flu season, it's still virtually impossible to predict a season's severity in advance.
Skrtel, who scored in the Reds' brilliant 4-1 awin win at Manchester City last weekend, is "a little bit ill" after a bout of flu and is likely to be rested for Thursday night's encounter.
Is such a doomsday scenario likely or, like Sars, is avian flu little more than a good scare story?
