A mild US flu season is waning, but is it really over?
This winter's mild flu season has faded to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health officials aren't ready to call it over.
Feb 18, 2022
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This winter's mild flu season has faded to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health officials aren't ready to call it over.
Feb 18, 2022
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Researchers at McMaster University have found that children who receive years of season-specific flu vaccines develop antibodies that also provide broader protection against new strains, including those capable of causing ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Yang Wang, MD, Ph.D., professor of medicine and deputy director of product discovery at MassBiologics of UMass Chan Medical School, leads a team of scientists working to discover and develop antibody-based medicines for infectious ...
Jan 24, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Flu vaccines protect children against serious illness, even when the vaccine doesn't match the circulating flu virus, according to a new study that reinforces the importance of flu shots.
Jan 17, 2022
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(HealthDay)—It's a COVID phenomenon that had, until now, gone relatively unnoticed: You can be infected with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time.
Jan 10, 2022
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In the first week of 2022, news headlines featured references to something called "flurona," and discussion of "flurona" quickly spread across social media.
Jan 10, 2022
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Viruses outnumber humans by about 400 trillion to one, and yet pandemics are rare. Why? Why do a few viruses inflict so much damage, when the vast majority are harmless or even helpful?
Jan 7, 2022
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How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19?
Jan 7, 2022
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(HealthDay)—This season's flu vaccine may do little to prevent infection with the main circulating virus strain because the strain has changed since the vaccine was developed, a new study suggests.
Dec 17, 2021
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US biotech company Moderna on Friday announced promising data from an early-stage human trial of its mRNA flu shot, based on the same technology used in its successful COVID-19 vaccine.
Dec 10, 2021
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