Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Common cold combats influenza
As the flu season approaches, a strained public health system may have a surprising ally—the common cold virus.
Sep 4, 2020
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Vaccination
Vaccine additives can enhance immune flexibility, with implications for flu and SARS-CoV-2
A vaccine additive known as an adjuvant can enhance responses to a vaccine containing the exotic avian flu virus H5N1, so that both rookie and veteran elements of the immune response are strengthened, according to results ...
Jul 14, 2020
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Medications
Single-dose flu drug can reduce spread within households, study finds
A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of the illness within households, new research concludes.
Jul 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fast-spreading mutation helps common flu subtype escape immune response
Strains of a common subtype of influenza virus, H3N2, have almost universally acquired a mutation that effectively blocks antibodies from binding to a key viral protein, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study suggests universal flu vaccine may be more challenging than expected
Some common strains of influenza have the potential to mutate to evade broad-acting antibodies that could be elicited by a universal flu vaccine, according to a study led by scientists at Scripps Research.
Jun 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
2nd wave of virus cases? Experts say we're still in the 1st
What's all this talk about a "second wave" of U.S. coronavirus cases?
Jun 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When COVID-19 meets flu season
As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn't scary enough, the flu season is not far away. How severe will the flu season be as it converges with the COVID-19 outbreak? What can we do to prepare?
May 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could a smartwatch identify an infection before you start spreading it?
A pre-print study using data from medical wristbands suggests that evidence of disrupted sleep could predict when study participants were coming down with the flu—24 hours before they became contagious.
Apr 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Association between avian influenza spread and live poultry trade
A large international team of researchers has conducted a study that involved comparing the structure of the live poultry trade across Chinese provinces with genome sequencing of flu viruses from samples taken from birds ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
To predict flu's spread, modelers turn to weather forecasts
Are influenza outbreaks and weather patterns connected? Researchers have long known that flu season occurs in the colder months, and that infection rates drop dramatically as the weather warms. But why? And could weather ...
Feb 19, 2020
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