Vaccination
Discovery of new immune targets inside flu virus offers hope for universal vaccine
New markers hidden inside the influenza virus have been discovered by scientists at Cardiff University.
Jul 17, 2020
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Medical research
Engineered virus has artificial amino acid allowing it to serve as a vaccine
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Peking University has developed a new type of vaccine that they claim may allow for a new approach to generating live virus vaccines which could conceivably be adapted to any type ...
Gerontology & Geriatrics
First reported UK case of sudden permanent hearing loss linked to COVID-19
Although uncommon, sudden permanent hearing loss seems to be linked to COVID-19 infection in some people, warn doctors, reporting the first UK case in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
Oct 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First H3N8 bird flu death recorded in China
A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday—the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain.
Apr 11, 2023
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Medications
Drug combination fails to improve outcomes in influenza
A new combination of antiviral drugs did not improve clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with severe influenza, according results from a recent clinical trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Feb 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Earliest known evidence of 1918 influenza pandemic found
Examination of lung tissue and other autopsy material from 68 American soldiers who died of respiratory infections in 1918 has revealed that the influenza virus that eventually killed 50 million people worldwide was circulating ...
Sep 19, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sick with the flu? Here's why you feel so bad
"You never forget the flu." This is the title of the Victorian health department's current campaign, which highlights people's recollections of having the flu.
Jun 14, 2019
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Medical research
Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
Only a few cases of the newly discovered Bourbon virus have been reported, and two of them ended in death, partly because no specific treatments are available for the tick-borne illness. Now, researchers at Washington University ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The influenza virus and its influence on blood stem cells and coagulation
Virus-induced respiratory infections can become life-threatening. A team at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, together with researchers in Heidelberg, has discovered that flu virus infection limited to the lungs also leads to the ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don't
The question of whether and to what extent face masks work to prevent respiratory infections such as COVID and influenza has split the scientific community for decades.
Feb 7, 2023
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