Sentence examples for first flu from inspiring English sources

Swine flu arrived last year from Mexico creating the first flu pandemic for 40 years.

In January, in front of an audience, he gave the CNN host Piers Morgan his first flu shot, and encouraged millions of viewers to get one as well.

In November Novartis won approval for the first flu vaccine made from cultured cells rather than eggs a technology that will help produce vaccines more quickly.

They found that if a person's first flu infection belonged to the same branch as the avian strain, they had a 75% reduced chance of hospitalisation and about an 85% smaller chance of dying.

These include Biogen Idec's Amevive, the first genetically engineered drug for psoriasis; Trimeris's Fuzeon, the first of a new class of drugs for AIDS; and MedImmune's FluMist, the first flu vaccine delivered as a spray in the nose rather than a shot in the arm.

"This began the weekend before Thanksgiving and that's when the first flu cases hit," said Kelly Anthony, a spokesman for the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, where seven to 10 people have been spending the night in the emergency room because of the high inpatient population.

At first, flu-like symptoms may linger for months before the disease enters its second phase, affecting the brain and causing bouts of extreme sleepiness, insanity, coma and death. .

The first flu-like symptoms (headache, nausea, chills) occurred in the endotoxin-treated group between 55 and 90 min after LPS injection.

For the third flu strain, H3N2, antibody levels were much the same for both morning and afternoon shots.

They added that the strains could still be treated with a second flu drug, Relenza, suggesting that it might be prudent to stockpile both drugs in the event of a bird flu pandemic.

"2017" refers to the second flu season (late July mid-October 2017).