Will the Largest Bird Flu Outbreak in History Lead to a Human Pandemic?
An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that started in 2021 has become the largest bird flu outbreak in history, both in the U.S. and worldwide….
An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that started in 2021 has become the largest bird flu outbreak in history, both in the U.S. and worldwide….
Artificial intelligence platform has the ability to efficiently design T-cell-based vaccines that offer broad protection. The platform could also be used to develop seasonal flu…
Comparison with influenza in the Australian state of Queensland during the Omicron wave in 2022 suggests Long COVID’s burden on health systems may not stem…
During the 2021-2022 flu season, patients who were hospitalized with the flu had a 55% lower likelihood of dying within 30 days compared to those…
We all know how important sleep is for mental health, but a meta-analysis published in the journal Current Biology on March 13 found that getting good…
In reviewing data from previous studies, a team lead by researchers at the University of Chicago and the French National Institute of Health and Medical…
Better sleep could play an important role in the COVID-19 vaccination effort, new research suggests. How strongly a vaccine protects you may depend on getting…
The researchers made a breakthrough discovery of specific airway neurons in mice that alert the brain about the flu virus. A recent study in mice…
The dynamic movement of H1N1 proteins exposes previously unknown vulnerabilities. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that there are approximately 1 billion cases of influenza…
According to the theory of original antigenic sin (OAS), our immune systems react most strongly to the viral strains we encountered in our childhoods. This…
A recent University of Calgary study indicates that the annual flu vaccine lowers the risk of stroke. According to researchers from the University of Calgary,…
The potential therapy was derived from a banana protein. A study published on January 13th, 2020 touted the development of a potential therapy that may be…
Research findings could help explain rare symptoms such as problems with language and vision. The first sign of Alzheimer’s disease is typically memory loss, followed…
People who have a COVID-19 infection are more likely to develop seizures or epilepsy within the next six months than people who have an influenza…
Using attenuated, live viruses as vaccines is a promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza. Traditional live-attenuated virus vaccines…
COVID-19 positive outpatients are at a far increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders compared with individuals who tested negative for the virus, a new study presented…
Over the course of four years, those who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to acquire Alzheimer’s…
With recent outbreaks identified in Canada and the United States, H5N1 – a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIv) strain – is quickly becoming a…