Universal flu vaccine may be a step closer
(Medical Xpress)—A new study in the US suggests that boosting a certain group of antibodies could help to create a universal vaccine for influenza.
(Medical Xpress)—A new study in the US suggests that boosting a certain group of antibodies could help to create a universal vaccine for influenza.
An in-depth analysis of federal health data indicates that people who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular complications within the first month to a year after infection. Such complications ...
Feb 7, 2022
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The influenza pandemic that began in Mexico in April 2009 rapidly spread throughout the world and arrived in Japan one month later. Now, a research team led by Toshihisa Ishikawa at the RIKEN Omics Science Center in Yokohama ...
Jul 15, 2011
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While the World Health Organization hopes COVID-19 will soon no longer be considered a public health emergency, it has warned the virus itself is here to stay.
Dec 16, 2022
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New research presented at the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27–30 April) shows that in a VACCELERATE Consortium survey study in which infectious diseases experts were asked to rank pathogens ...
Apr 20, 2024
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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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A vaccine that induces immune responses to a wide spectrum of influenza virus strains and subtypes has produced strong and durable results in early-stage clinical trials in humans, Mount Sinai researchers have found. The ...
Dec 7, 2020
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A large team of researchers with members from a variety of institutions in and around Boston have found evidence showing that superspreading events may profoundly alter the course of an epidemic. In their paper published ...
An outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu claimed the lives of two people -- 19 and 21 years old -- in Mexico's capital in the first weeks of the year, health authorities said Saturday.
Jan 22, 2012
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Annually changing flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness may soon give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine, according to a new report from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Dutch biopharmaceutical ...
Jul 7, 2011
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