Is the nasal spray flu vaccine a good option this flu season?
With flu season fast approaching, health experts have emphasized that this year, more than ever, it's important to get vaccinated for the flu.
Sep 14, 2020
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With flu season fast approaching, health experts have emphasized that this year, more than ever, it's important to get vaccinated for the flu.
Sep 14, 2020
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A phenomenon known as a "cytokine storm"—a rapid overreaction of the immune system—is one of the most worrying features of COVID-19.
Apr 7, 2020
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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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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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A new analysis published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that fewer older adults may be experiencing certain symptoms that can restrict their activity at the end of life.
Nov 4, 2020
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How successfully a person can fend off the flu depends not only on the virus' notorious ability to change with the season, but also on the strain first encountered during childhood, according to new research published in ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have had severe allergic reactions, US health officials said Wednesday while stressing that the benefits of immunization greatly outweigh ...
Jan 6, 2021
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The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years.
Dec 6, 2019
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US biotech company Moderna said Thursday it had mixed results from a large-scale trial of its mRNA flu shot, based on the same technology used in its successful Covid-19 vaccine.
Feb 17, 2023
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During a rapidly developing crisis like the coronavirus outbreak, what we know can change quickly.
Apr 13, 2020
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