An experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus has provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu strains in initial tests, and thus might serve one day as a general preventative ...
Nov 24, 2022
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Researchers at McMaster University have found a class of well-known antiviral drugs could be part of a one-two punch to treat seasonal influenza and prevent a flu pandemic when used in combination with antibody therapies.
Aug 16, 2022
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Today's H1N1 flu—commonly known as the swine flu—appears to be a direct descendent of the influenza virus that caused the catastrophic 1918 pandemic, a new analysis shows.
May 10, 2022
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This is no time to give in to COVID-19.
Feb 7, 2022
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A recent report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) finds that much needs to be done if we want to be prepared to respond to a potential influenza pandemic, particularly when it comes ...
Jan 13, 2022
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Emerging viruses can adversely affect women's health, leading to an increase in both complications and deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. This is indicated by a population-based natural experiment on ...
Nov 29, 2021
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COVID-19 is not the flu. The disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus is more transmissible, and deadlier, than most influenza epidemics we've encountered in our lifetimes, and scientists and physicians are still learning ...
Oct 14, 2021
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The roadmap offers a powerful opportunity to leverage revolutionary advances in vaccine science and technology to better protect against influenza, a disease that could cause a pandemic even worse than COVID-19
Oct 1, 2021
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A new study from the University of Chicago and Scripps Research Institute shows that during the last great pandemic—2009's H1N1 influenza pandemic—people developed strong, effective immune responses to stable, conserved ...
Jun 4, 2021
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The pandemic has increased older adults' willingness to receive the flu shot, new research shows.
May 26, 2021
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