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...swine flu become resistant to these drugs? Yes, and that's another reason why health officials will want to limit their use to those who have become ill with the disease, according to Hugh Pennington, a virologist at the University of Aberdeen. Resistance occurs when a virus mutates in such a way as to render a drug ineffective. This is more likely to occur when an antiviral is widely used because resistant mutations are more likely to thrive and be passed on. A similar process has led to the widespread existence of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as MRSA...
...think 1976 provides an example of how not to handle a flu outbreak, but what's interesting is that it made a good deal of sense at the time," says Hugh Pennington, an emeritus professor of virology at Britain's University of Aberdeen. Pennington points out that conventional wisdom in 1976 held that the 1918 flu pandemic - which started among soldiers and eventually killed as many as 40 million - was the result of swine flu (scientists now know it was in fact a strain of bird flu). Despite modern advances in microbiology, today's health officials still make decisions...
...people looking to lose weight, paying attention to calorie intake may be just as important as noting where those calories came from, according to a recent study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University. Though popular culture would lead many to believe that low fat diets are better than high fat diets with the same amount of calories, the study reveals that it is the number of calories that matters most. “I think that people can really pick whatever healthy diet they like...
...While H5N1 is difficult for humans to catch, experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people, sparking a deadly flu pandemic. Microbiologist Hugh Pennington of the University of Aberdeen said the latest outbreak is part of a "steady creep westward" by the strain from its original hothouse of Southeast Asia...
Commander Daniel Maher, Pennington's current supervisor, attributes her success to her ability to communicate across cultures--military, medical or ethnic. But Pennington credits her leadership skills to the inspiration she receives from others and her desire to give something back. "It wasn't always easy to balance a military career and raising a family," she says. "But I have always tried to do something for someone else every day. People inspire you, and you inspire them, and after 21 years I can look back and say, 'Things are better because I cared. I know I made a difference...