Cities Hosting Pro Sports Events See Substantially More Flu Deaths
Sports leagues may want to consider calling a timeout on reopening their doors to fans, based on new West Virginia University-led ...
Tag: Influenza
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 ...
The Next Once-a-century Pandemic is Coming Sooner Than You Think – But COVID-19 Can Help Us Get Ready
COVID-19 is being referred to as a “once in a century event” – but the next pandemic is likely to ...
‘Dirty Mice’ Could Help Make a More Effective Flu Vaccine
Study suggests standard laboratory mice may lead scientists to overestimate vaccine efficacy. A new study calls into question the reliance ...
Multidisciplinary Studies to Improve Understanding of Influenza Transmission
The National Institutes of Health is seeking applications for collaborative, multidisciplinary research to comprehensively investigate the dynamics and drivers of ...
Novel High-Density Microarray Patch Can Deliver Vaccines Directly to the Skin
Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercializing a novel vaccination platform, today announced the publication in the journal PLoS Medicine of ...
Hotel Influenza: Research Heats Up on Universal Flu Vaccines
A universal flu vaccine has eluded scientists for decades. Unlike other viruses, influenza has a rapid-fire mutation rate and thousands ...
Profusa and Partners Announce DARPA-Backed Study to Measure Early Signs of Influenza
Profusa, a digital health company that is pioneering the next generation of personalized medicine, today announced the initiation of a ...
Characterising Viable H1N1 Virus from Air Exhaled Infected Ferrets
The novel methodology and findings described here highlight the fate of infectious virus outside the respiratory tract as an important ...
Tool Monitors Flu Mutations in Real Time
A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists ...
JLABS @ Washington DC Seeks Innovations for Pediatric Influenza Interventions
Innovators within the fields of pediatric oncology, pediatric surgery and influenza are invited to submit innovative ideas for a total ...
Atomic Structures Mapped for First Time in Paramyxoviruses
Northwestern University researchers have, for the first time, determined the 3D atomic structure of a key complex in paramyxoviruses, a ...
New Tool Monitors Real Time Mutations in Flu
A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists ...
Seqirus’ Pandemic Flu Vaccine Approved: Next Generation Technology Strengthens Preparedness
Seqirus, a global leader in influenza prevention and pandemic response, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Free On-Demand Course: Detection, Prevention, Response and Control of Emerging Respiratory Viruses
The World Health Organization is offering a free on-demand (self-paced) course providing a general introduction to nCoV and emerging respiratory ...
CDC Seasonal Flu Surveillance Update: 15 Million Illnesses, 140K Hospitalizations and 8,200 Deaths
The Influenza Division at CDC collects, compiles and analyzes information on influenza activity year-round in the United States. FluView, a weekly ...
Sensationalist Accounts of Outbreaks are Dangerous
Medical coverage should focus more on preventing common ailments and less on rare diseases, deaths and hysteria.
Atriva Therapeutics Reports Results of Phase I Clinical Trial for ATR-002 Antiviral
Atriva Therapeutics GmbH has announced the successful conclusion and top-line results of its Phase I clinical trial for its lead ...
Center for Vaccine Development Awarded up to $201M to Establish Influenza Clinical Core
The Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) announced that ...
Turns Out, Bat Influenza Can Give You the Flu
In 2012 a novel influenza virus was discovered in bats in South America, which was found to be divergent from ...
