There were just 74 cases of polio reported worldwide in 2015. Thanks to a global vaccination drive, this crippling disease, which once affected hundreds of thousands of people a year, is now on the verge of extinction. The ...
Dec 7, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Giving flu shots to schoolchildren also protects others, a new study finds.
Dec 15, 2014
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With flu season around the corner, getting a seasonal vaccine might be one of the best ways to prevent people from getting sick. These vaccines only work, however, if their developers have accurately predicted which strains ...
Oct 1, 2012
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Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to ...
Apr 3, 2013
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Health authorities in Egypt on Thursday reported the country's eighth death this year from bird flu.
Dec 11, 2014
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A group of international scientists have completed the first global inventory of flu strains in birds by reviewing more than 50 published studies and genetic data, providing new insight into the drivers of viral diversity ...
Mar 6, 2014
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The World Health Organization warned Europe against rash reopenings on Thursday despite a fall in new COVID-19 cases and Germany announced a partial border closure, reminders of the long battle ahead before vaccines can tame ...
Feb 11, 2021
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Immunology and Infectious Disease Researcher and Senior Lecturer Dr. Hillary Vanderven is working against the clock with World Health Organization (WHO) experts reporting the next flu pandemic is a matter of when, not if.
May 31, 2024
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Children living in low-income urban areas appear especially prone to developing asthma, possibly related to infections they acquire early in life. In a new study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, available online, researchers ...
Sep 26, 2012
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Chickens were being killed in the Netherlands, and Britain was preparing to kill ducks, after two cases of bird flu were discovered in Europe—but officials insisted Monday that the risk to public health was very low.
Nov 17, 2014
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