New Universal Flu Vaccine Offers Broad Protection Against Influenza A Virus Infections
A new universal flu vaccine constructed with key parts of the influenza virus offers broad cross protection against different strains ...
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Understanding Evolutionary Dynamics of Influenza to Inform and Improve Vaccine Strain Selection
GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is seeking proposals to support research to improve ...
Many Flu Strains May Be Capable of Mutating to Escape Universal-Vaccine Antibodies
Scripps Research study suggests universal flu vaccine may be far more challenging than expected Some common strains of influenza have ...
H3N2 Flu Vaccine Mismatch from Single Mutation
The 2014-2015 flu vaccine didn't work as well compared to previous years because the H3N2 virus recently acquired a mutation ...
CDC: 2014-2015 Flu Season Drawing to a Close
Flu activity continues to decline, according to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) FluView report, which ...
CDC: Potentially Severe Flu Season This Year
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) today warned that the current 2014-2015 flu season could be severe. So far this ...
How Influenza Virus Cuts Through Protective Cell Barriers
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown for the first time how influenza A ...
CRADA Opportunity for Evaluating Influenza Vaccines and Therapeutics
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is looking to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement ...
Biodefense News Headlines of the Week – July 7, 2013
Senator seeks conflict-of-interest probes on anthrax drug purchases | China reports H7N9-H3N2 coinfection, more deaths | Protecting the milk supply ...
FDA Approves Sanofi Pasteur’s Quadrivalent Flu Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for licensure of Sanofi Pasteur’s four-strain ...
Swine Flu Spreads Through the Balkans
Epidemiologists in Southeast Europe are warning that regional countries are facing a new wave of influenza, and many are already ...
Swine-Origin H3N2v Influenza Cases Surge
Health officials in Indiana have now confirmed 113 cases of swine-origin variant influenza A (H3N2v), while the count in Ohio ...
