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Breathing and tilting motions of influenza glycoproteins could be exploited to better defend against flu

The potential "tripledemic" of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infection continues to be a concern.

25 Jan 2023

FDA briefing discusses different COVID-19 vaccination regimens

In a recent briefing document published by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) ahead of an advisory committee meeting scheduled for January 26, 2023, the national agency proposed that people should be given yearly coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines.

25 Jan 2023

Understanding endemic and novel zoonotic spillovers from rodent trapping studies

The global impact of novel zoonotic pathogen spillovers has been highlighted through the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the rapid outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. In the past, similar effects were recorded during the HIV/AIDs and Spanish Influenza pandemics.

24 Jan 2023

Promoting the One Health approach could greatly improve human-animal health and environmental integrity

Researchers pursued contemporary evidence of how One Health approaches could improve health security at a global scale against unprecedented health hazards, such as the one posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

24 Jan 2023

Epidemiological evidence that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be caused by viral infections

A recent study published in the journal Neuron has focussed on assessing the putative associations between viral exposures and neurodegenerative disease (NDD) onset, using real-world biobank scale data.

23 Jan 2023

Transient gut infection influences hosts’ adaptation to nutrient restriction

Transient gut infection not only promotes white adipose tissue expansion and host weight gain but also optimizes host metabolism for carbohydrates.

23 Jan 2023

Exploring the clinical impact of co-detections of other respiratory viruses in US children hospitalized for COVID-19

Researchers recently assessed the clinical impact and epidemiology of viral co-detections in children in the United States of America (USA) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

23 Jan 2023

First known epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in farmed mink

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) is a strain of the avian influenza virus that primarily affects birds, particularly poultry. HPAI A(H5N1) is a highly contagious and deadly virus that can cause severe illness and death in birds, including chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys.

22 Jan 2023

How effective are prior SARS-CoV-2 infections and hybrid immunity against Omicron breakthrough infections?

Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-regression study to determine the breadth and duration of the protective immunity conferred by previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and hybrid immunity.

20 Jan 2023

WHO reports a severe case of avian (bird) flu in Ecuador

In a recent article published in the Disease Outbreak News section of the World Health Organization (WHO) website, they reported severe infection from the current H5 clade of avian influenza A virus in a nine-year-old girl inhabiting a rural province of Bolívar in Ecuador.

20 Jan 2023

Researchers find that study results converge on a consistent relationship between antibody levels and protection from COVID-19

Researchers described the factors associated with protection, protection thresholds, and immunobridging in COVID-19 patients.

19 Jan 2023

Tight transmission bottlenecks may limit the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants

A new study describes that tight transmission bottlenecks restrict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the transmission chain. SARS-CoV-2 is the causative pathogen of the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Jan 2023

Threshold control method could aid in future non-pharmaceutical intervention relaxation policy making

Governments around the world used a variety of techniques known as nonpharmaceutical interventions, or NPIs, to control the spread of COVID-19.

18 Jan 2023

Exploring bioinformatics approach for evaluating binding affinities of probable COVID-19 therapeutic decoys

Researchers developed a computational workflow based on molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and artificial neural network (ANN) to assess the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein receptor-binding domain (RBD)-human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) binding affinities of SARS-CoV-2 variants.

17 Jan 2023

S. aureus enhances replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro through the bacterial iron-regulated surface determinant protein A

Researchers assessed the impact of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) on SARS-CoV-2 replication.

17 Jan 2023

New test 'fishes' for multiple respiratory viruses using DNA as 'bait'

A new test that 'fishes' for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as 'bait', and gives highly accurate results in under an hour, has been developed by Cambridge researchers.

16 Jan 2023

Intranasal mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccines elicit significant protection against SARS-CoV-2 in hamsters

Researchers from the United States evaluated the efficacy and immunogenicity of an intranasal messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-lipid nanoparticle (LNP) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 using a hamster model.

16 Jan 2023

What are the present challenges and future considerations in developing vaccines against mucosal respiratory viruses?

In a recent review, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and former chief medical advisor to the president of the United States (U.S.), Dr. Fauci, and his team review the roadblocks to developing effective vaccines against viruses that infect the human respiratory mucosa and discuss strategies for next-generation vaccine development against mucosal respiratory viruses

13 Jan 2023

Recent findings on original antigenic sin and SARS-CoV-2

Researchers collated the findings of studies relating original antigenic sin with SARS-CoV-2 evolution.

13 Jan 2023

New insights into deadly fungal invasion in people with compromised immune systems

Fungi such as Aspergillus are so common in our surroundings that we breathe in hundreds to thousands of spores every day.

12 Jan 2023

Influenza News and Research

Latest Influenza News and Research

Breathing and tilting motions of influenza glycoproteins could be exploited to better defend against flu

FDA briefing discusses different COVID-19 vaccination regimens

Understanding endemic and novel zoonotic spillovers from rodent trapping studies

Promoting the One Health approach could greatly improve human-animal health and environmental integrity

Epidemiological evidence that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be caused by viral infections

Transient gut infection influences hosts’ adaptation to nutrient restriction

Exploring the clinical impact of co-detections of other respiratory viruses in US children hospitalized for COVID-19

First known epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in farmed mink

How effective are prior SARS-CoV-2 infections and hybrid immunity against Omicron breakthrough infections?

WHO reports a severe case of avian (bird) flu in Ecuador

Researchers find that study results converge on a consistent relationship between antibody levels and protection from COVID-19

Tight transmission bottlenecks may limit the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Threshold control method could aid in future non-pharmaceutical intervention relaxation policy making

Exploring bioinformatics approach for evaluating binding affinities of probable COVID-19 therapeutic decoys

S. aureus enhances replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro through the bacterial iron-regulated surface determinant protein A

New test 'fishes' for multiple respiratory viruses using DNA as 'bait'

Intranasal mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccines elicit significant protection against SARS-CoV-2 in hamsters

What are the present challenges and future considerations in developing vaccines against mucosal respiratory viruses?

Recent findings on original antigenic sin and SARS-CoV-2

New insights into deadly fungal invasion in people with compromised immune systems

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

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The Surgeon-Scientist Pioneering Regenerative Engineering

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