Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccine not certain: global alliance Gavi
The race is on to produce a vaccine against COVID-19 but it is not certain that one can be found, the head of the global vaccines alliance said Friday.
Apr 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO launches strategy to fight 'inevitable' flu pandemics
The World Health Organization on Monday launched a strategy to protect people worldwide over the next decade against the threat of influenza, warning that new pandemics are "inevitable".
Mar 11, 2019
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Immunology
Researchers design new anti-influenza drugs
Researchers at LSTM and Imperial College London have designed drugs which could help combat any potential new flu pandemic, by targeting the receptors of the cells by which the virus gains entry to the human body.
Jan 25, 2019
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Medical research
Adjuvant for intradermal vaccine developed to deal with a pandemic
A team of researchers from the U.S., Israel and Canada has developed an adjuvant for use as an intradermal vaccine to reduce deaths when pandemics occur. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The flu vaccine is being oversold – it's not that effective
Winter has started, and with it, flu season. Inevitably, all of us (young, old and sick) have been implored to be immunised against influenza, with some eligible for a subsidised vaccine. And people are heeding the message, ...
Jun 5, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu season shows signs of leveling off
This nasty flu season, which has been worsening for months, may finally be leveling off.
Feb 16, 2018
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Medical research
Simple strategy could lead to a 'universal' flu vaccine
It's that time of year again: Temperatures drop, sleeves go up, and the needles come out. If scientists at The Rockefeller University have their way, however, the annual ritual of the flu shot could become obsolete.
Oct 2, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Closing in on a universal flu vaccine
Unreliable yearly flu jabs could be a thing of the past as researchers close in on technology that will take down the deadly virus once and for all.
Jun 20, 2017
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Medical research
Designing antiviral proteins via computer could help halt the next pandemic
As Bill Gates sees it, there are three main threats to our species: nuclear war, climate change and the next global pandemic.
Jun 13, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Industry and occupation affect flu vaccination coverage
Not surprisingly, healthcare workers are almost twice as likely to get flu vaccines as those in other occupations. However, fewer than 30 percent of workers in other occupations in frequent contact with the public - such ...
Mar 30, 2017
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