Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
Avian flu has caused 62 deaths out of the 121 cases reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the last two years. The highly virulent strain of the flu virus causes multi-organ failure and has a high fatality rate. Though the virus currently does not transmit from human to …
