Researchers have developed experimental flu shots that protect animals from a wide variety of seasonal and pandemic influenza strains. The vaccine product is currently being advanced toward clinical testing. If proven safe ...
Mar 24, 2021
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As the nights begin to close in and the temperatures cool, it's clear winter is approaching again.
Mar 24, 2021
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In a paper published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, physician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) assessed the relative impact of COVID-19 on patients hospitalized with the viral infection ...
Mar 19, 2021
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While the future of the pandemic remains uncertain, we'll probably have to live with COVID-19 for some time.
Mar 18, 2021
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A significant proportion of hospitalized patients with influenza develop complications of acute respiratory distress syndrome, driven by virus-induced cytopathic effects as well as exaggerated host immune response. Reporting ...
Mar 16, 2021
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New vaccination method for lasting protection against all known influenza mutations in preclinical testing phase—potentially effective also against SARS-CoV-2—joint research project of the University of Konstanz, University ...
Mar 15, 2021
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A comprehensive modeling study sheds new light on socioeconomic-based mechanisms that drive disparities in influenza burden across the U.S. Casey Zipfel of Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and colleagues present this ...
Mar 11, 2021
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A subtype of asthma in adults may cause higher susceptibility to influenza and could result in dangerous flu mutations.
Feb 16, 2021
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Australian researchers have come up with two key recommendations from studies of the annual influenza season—one highlighting the benefits of antivirals in reducing repeat hospitalization, and the other to watch for underlying ...
Feb 11, 2021
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A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found that the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza.
Feb 10, 2021
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