Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Switzerland. The ...
Jul 14, 2025
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In a study of newborn piglets, infection with influenza A was associated with disruptions in the piglets' nasal and gut microbiomes, and with potentially detrimental changes in gene activity in the hippocampus, a brain structure ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Timing your COVID-19 booster with your annual flu vaccination may be a convenient and effective way to protect yourself against both viruses.
Jun 2, 2025
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Patients with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalization have increased odds of any acute cardiovascular event compared with COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to a study published online May 22 in JAMA Network Open.
May 28, 2025
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Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by University of Nebraska–Lincoln virologist Eric Weaver and his laboratory team.
May 12, 2025
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A research team led by the School of Public Health in the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in collaboration with the Center for Immunology & Infection (C2i), has achieved a significant breakthrough ...
May 9, 2025
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John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, has published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the journal Contemporary European History.
May 8, 2025
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An international research team led by Oregon Health & Science University discovered a temporary increase in menstrual cycle length of less than one day associated with receiving the influenza vaccine, either alone or alongside ...
Recently, Prof. Si Longlong's team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences constructed a library of live-attenuated influenza A vaccines that utilize diverse E3 ubiquitin ligases ...
Apr 29, 2025
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One dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil lowers the chance of transmitting the influenza virus to family members by about 30%, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Apr 24, 2025
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