Flu Shot Associated With Fewer, Less Severe COVID Cases – Why Is Still Unclear
A new study finds encouraging associations between flu shots and less severe COVID infections. People who received a flu shot last flu season were significantly…
Influenza
New Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Blocks Many Seasonal and Pandemic Strains
Scientists at UW Medicine and the NIH have created experimental flu shots that spur broad immunity in animal trials. Researchers have developed experimental flu shots…
In Search for New Flu Treatments, Chemists Gain New Insights Into the Behavior of Water in an Influenza Virus Channel
Research on how water behaves in a proton channel provides possible new avenues for flu treatment. In a new study of water dynamics, a team…
One Shot, Protected Forever: A General Flu Vaccine Using Microspheres (And It Could Be Adapted to Coronaviruses)
One shot, protected forever: This would be a dream come true regarding influenza vaccinations. So far, vaccination against influenza did not provide a lasting protection….
Innovative New mRNA Treatment Shows Promise for Stopping Both Flu and COVID-19 Viruses
The treatment uses a type of CRISPR to target viral RNA and appears to stop replication of both viruses in the lungs. With a relatively…
New Therapy for Flu May Help in Fight Against COVID-19, HIV, and Many Other Pathogenic Viruses
A new therapy for influenza virus infections that may also prove effective against many other pathogenic virus infections, including HIV and COVID-19, has been developed…
New Insights Into How the Flu Virus Spreads Within Cities
New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza may be valuable for planning interventions to combat the spread of respiratory diseases within cities, according…
The Role of the Sun in the Spread of Viral Respiratory Diseases Like the Flu and COVID-19
Why do most viral epidemics spread cyclically in autumn and winter in the globe’s temperate regions? According to an interdisciplinary team of researchers of the…
How to Tell if You Have the Flu, a Cold, Allergies or COVID-19
Let’s say you have a runny nose, headache, and cough. Are they signs of COVID-19 or just a run-of-the-mill common cold? Northwestern University epidemiologist Dr….
National Poll: 1 in 3 Parents Plan to Skip Flu Shots for Their Kids During COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 may not influence parents’ beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it’s more important for children to get vaccinated this year. The…
More Effective Vaccines With Injectable Hydrogel
Vaccines have curtailed the spread of several infectious diseases, such as smallpox, polio and measles. However, vaccines against some diseases, including HIV-1, influenza and malaria,…
Common Cold Can Prevent the Flu Virus From Infecting Airways
As the flu season approaches, a strained public health system may have a surprising ally — the common cold virus. Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause…
New Insight on How to Build a Better Flu Vaccine – For Long-Lasting Immunity Against New Influenza Strains
Flu season comes around like clockwork every year, and sooner or later everyone gets infected. The annual flu shot is a key part of public…
Scientists Create Phage Capsid Nanoparticles That Prevent Viral Infection
A new approach brings the hope of new therapeutic options for suppressing seasonal influenza and avian flu: On the basis of an empty – and…
Universal Flu Vaccine Developed Using Novel Nanoparticles
Universal Novel Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Protects Against 6 Influenza Viruses in Mice A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in…
Influenza Virus Changes More Rapidly and Becomes More Virulent With Obesity
Obesity Promotes Virulence of Influenza Currently, 50% of the adult population worldwide is overweight or obese. Obesity has been shown to increase the severity of…
New Tool Monitors Real Time Mutations in Flu – Could Help Stop Replication of Viruses
Gold-based tool could help virologists stop replication of viruses. A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time,…
Hospitalization Risk Cut in Half for Children With Full Flu Vaccination
Fully vaccinating children reduces the risk of hospitalization associated with influenza by 54%, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, the…