Mask for Swine Flu & the Masking of Your Immune System

August 16th, 2009 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - With Swine Flu spreading like wildfire, Real Food Direct has put together the perfect Get Well Soon gourmet food hamper (www.realfooddirect.co.uk) for friends and family recovering from the illness. Tasty treats like the Fairytale Gingerbread Deluxe Iced Pig, House of Dorchester Dusted Champagne Truffles and Farmyard Friends Pig Gems are smartly presented in a traditional wicker hamper, and can be ordered online for just GBP24.95.

August 12th, 2009 NES ZIONA, Israel - - Intradermal Delivery of Vaccines can Provide Significant Dose Sparing Urgently Required in the Swine H1N1 Pandemic Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a swine flu pandemic,[1] NanoPass Technologies Ltd. (NanoPass) announced today that it has successfully developed a microneedle-based injection device that could dramatically enhance both the effectiveness and supply of pandemic flu vaccines.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - - MediChecks.com is the First Company in the UK to Make Available a Swine Flu Test to Individuals and Companies Nationally The swine flu test which can be purchased online costs GBP125 is carried out on two swab samples and results are available with 2-3 days. The test kit is posted to the patient's home.

July 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - Beginning today, Hong Kong people and their children will have direct access to Filligent's affordable patented anti-microbial face mask, the BioMask(TM). The revolutionary mask, which traps and kills germs like H1N1 upon contact, was launched at Asia's leading drugstore chain, Watsons, today.

May 18th, 2009 BRISBANE, Australia - Australia's fastest growing action sports label, Unit Clothing is teetering on the edge of controversy once more following the launch of a campaign to promote its 'Age of Panic' theme. (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090519/NY19277 ) Unit has released its own range of face masks and respirators in an effort to combat the global threat of swine flu.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - Empty offices and deserted restaurants are a real possibility if the Swine Flu virus successfully mutates, warns the Economist Intelligence Unit. The public has been suffering from "gloom fatigue" with constant bad news over the recession.

April 30th, 2009 SOUTHAMPTON, England - "Face Masks Need Filters to Provide Optimal Protection From Swine Flu" People who want to take extra precautions against swine flu should look for masks with built-in filters, according to Dr Robin J Harman, a pharmaceutical and regulatory expert," There has been much debate about the benefits of wearing a mask to prevent infection with swine flu. Ordinary surgical masks provide some protection from airborne particles, but the UK Department of Health has stated that `basic face masks don't protect people from becoming infected'.(1) However, masks with built-in particle filters that are CE marked and meet the European Standard class FFP3 have efficiency of 99% or more." A filtering facepiece (FFP3) device is a mask that provides a high level of filtering capability and face fit, and generates an effective barrier to both droplets and fine aerosols.

April 29th, 2009 LUXEMBURG - How can I protect myself and others? What can I do to prevent spreading swine flu? Where did the latest outbreaks occur? All urgent questions related to the threatening pandemic of "Swine Flu", where time is of essence and action needs to be taken immediately. The Internet News Distribution Channel FEEDZILLA updates news and information around the clock to help answer all these queries.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) today issued a warning to the public about the risks of buying online medicines for swine influenza, such as Tamiflu or Relenza. David Pruce, RPSGB Director of Policy said: "With the current fears about swine flu, we are concerned that unscrupulous people are exploiting the public's fears about swine flu by offering to sell the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza over the internet.

April 26th, 2009 HONG KONG - Filligent, the Hong Kong-based biotech company, is mobilizing stocks of its anti-infective BioMask to help combat the global spread of the deadly new Mexican strain of Influenza A. The BioMask is the first medical face mask to kill the Influenza A virus within seconds of contact while retaining the breathability required by front-line workers and children, who are often the first to fall in a contagious episode.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - Wild mice have given experts some clues into why some parasites like lice are important for the conditioning of our 'natural' immune system. Jan Bradley, University of Nottingham parasitologist, said: 'Our understanding of mammalian immunology is largely based on rodents reared under highly unnatural pathogen and stress-free conditions.' 'Analysing the immune response in wild populations can give crucial insights into how the (human) immune system functions in its natural context,' he said.

June 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Newborns have immature immune system which makes them highly vulnerable to infections. Now, researchers from Children's Hospital Boston claim to have found a novel way to enhance innate immunity that would help keep respiratory syncytial virus, pneumococcus and rotavirus at bay.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - Two new structures, belonging to the oldest branch of the human immune system, have revealed how it fights invading microbes while avoiding problems of the body attacking itself. Both structures involve a central component of an enzyme important to the complement system of the immune response.

July 13th, 2009 Study: 1918 flu survivors seem immune to swine fluWASHINGTON — The way swine flu multiplies in the respiratory system is more severe than ordinary winter flu, a new study in animals finds. Tests in monkeys, mice and ferrets show that the swine flu thrives in greater numbers all over the respiratory system, including the lungs, and causes lesions, instead of staying in the nose and throat like seasonal flu.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the University of Missouri, US, have identified important suppressors that negatively regulate the responses of the immune system in the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, which would allow breeders to create better yielding crop plants. "The immune system provides plants with strong protection from pathogens," said Walter Gassmann, associate professor of plant sciences in the MU Christopher S.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati seems to be following the winning ways of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Taking a cue from the 'Modi mask' that became quite popular during the last assembly polls in Gujarat, the BSP has now come up with the 'Mayawati mask'.

September 10th, 2009 Vical's swine flu vaccine works in mice, rabbitsSAN DIEGO — Biotechnology company Vical Inc. said Thursday its developing swine flu vaccine prompted "robust" immune responses in 100 percent of animals infected with distinct strains of the virus.

May 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With the swine flu turning into a global pandemic, scientists have now discovered important clues about why influenza is more severe in some people than it is in others. Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have shown that the influenza virus can actually paralyse the immune systems of otherwise healthy individuals, which could lead to severe secondary bacterial infections, such as pneumonia.

April 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon is so particular about her face that she wore a mask while playing 'softball'. Not willing to risk her A-list face and chin, Witherspoon wore a protective mask while playing with her daughter Friday, reports tmz.com It seems Jake Gyllenhaal's girlfriend ain't taking a ball to the face for just anyone.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers are closing in on how smallpox virus go about their deadly business of sabotaging our immune system. These findings may reveal as much about our immune system as they do about one of the world's most feared pathogens.