Feb. 29, 2024 U.S. flu vaccines are likely to move from quadrivalent to trivalent due to a change in circulating influenza viruses, according to a new ...
Feb. 19, 2024 The prospect of the worrisome triple threat of COVID, RSV and flu was assuaged last year by the effectiveness of flu vaccines. Two recent studies from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Jan. 17, 2024 Imagine a vaccine that speeds up the production of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19. A research team has developed such a vaccine by using preexisting immunity to a ...
Jan. 11, 2024 Scientists have long known that some viruses and bacteria begin infections by latching first onto sugar molecules on the surfaces of cells lining the sinuses and throat of mammals, including humans. ...
Jan. 8, 2024 Researchers have developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) system that can rapidly detect COVID-19 from chest X-rays with more than 98 percent ...
Dec. 21, 2023 Researchers have identified a previously unrecognized class of antibodies -- immune system proteins that protect against disease -- that appear capable of neutralizing multiple forms of flu virus. ...
Dec. 15, 2023 New research comparing the viruses that cause the flu and COVID-19 shows that people hospitalized with seasonal influenza also can suffer long-term, negative health effects, especially involving ...
Dec. 8, 2023 In order for immune cells to do their job, they need to know against whom they should direct their attack. Research teams a have identified new details in this ...
Dec. 7, 2023 Researchers investigated a novel strategy to neutralize human noroviruses. They tested the ability of tiny antibodies produced by llamas, called nanobodies, to effectively neutralize human norovirus ...
Nov. 29, 2023 Scientists report a promising new approach to speed vaccine testing for ...
Nov. 27, 2023 Parents who send their children to child care can breathe a little easier. New research shows that children in daycare were not significant spreaders of ...
Nov. 13, 2023 Despite national medical guidelines supporting the use of antiviral medications in young children diagnosed with influenza, a new study reports an underuse of the ...
Nov. 13, 2023 Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning this year will be potentially dangerous for respiratory illnesses, a third of Americans are not concerned about the threat, according to ...
Nov. 6, 2023 Researchers have developed a nasal spray vaccine that delivers the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein into cells of the airway, stopping viral particle replication before a virus can enter the bloodstream. ...
Oct. 31, 2023 Recent preclinical results indicate novel next-generation vaccine candidates protect against multiple strains of influenza and last longer than vaccines currently in ...
Oct. 24, 2023 Researchers have developed a model that predicts the likely evolution of variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The model predicts which variants can escape human immunity, spread through the population ...
Oct. 12, 2023 Children's noses pack a punch that could help explain COVID-19's typically mild course in young kids. Researchers hope to parlay that 'nasal magic' into increased protections for ...
Oct. 10, 2023 New analysis of the remains of victims of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, contradicts the widespread belief the flu disproportionately impacted ...
Oct. 6, 2023 A new study has found that people may experience long-term symptoms -- or 'long colds' -- after acute respiratory infections that test negative for ...
Sep. 29, 2023 Researchers have developed an improved way to test potential vaccines against bird ...