Flu epidemics cause up to half a million deaths worldwide each year, and emerging strains continually threaten to spread to humans and cause even deadlier pandemics. A study by McGill Univer... Read more
Researchers at the University of Melbourne have discovered a genetic marker that can accurately predict which patients will experience more severe disease in a new strain of influenza (H7N9)... Read more
The explosive growth of the human population—from 2.5 billion to 6 billion since the second half of the 20th century—may have already started changing how infectious diseases emerge In mid-A... Read more
“We developed the immunosignature technology primarily for early detection of disease, but realized it may have other applications,” Scientists from the Center for Innovations in Medicine in... Read more
Chemicals block ability of flu virus to replicate in cells; goal is to develop medicines that fight much-feared pandemic influenza outbreaks A new way to attack flu viruses is taking shape i... Read more
Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine by using the 2009 pandemic to study why some people seem to resist severe illness. Researchers at Imperial College London a... Read more
Scientists have developed an influenza vaccine delivered via microneedle patch that provided 100 percent protection against a lethal influenza virus in mice more than one year after vaccinat... Read more
Extending vaccination programme to 50-64 year olds should be explored further, say researchers The flu jab seems to almost halve the risk of heart attacks in middle aged people with narrowed... Read more
The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is being seriously underestimated The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is bei... Read more
Computer model predicts when viruses become infectious A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to hum... Read more
Scientists Pursue New Therapies as Deadly H7N9 Flu Spreads in China An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinic... Read more
With this breakthrough the immune system can learn to recognize any type of flu virus and attack the pathogen, preventing illness. A new process to make a one-time, universal influenza vacci... Read more
TEMPTING fate is never wise; tempting a flu pandemic is downright foolish. Yet it is impossible for scientists to understand influenza or create vaccines without at least some risk. T... Read more
Some say the results should never be published Two teams of scientists have independently constructed a deadly strain of flu. Some say the results should never be published It’s a rar... Read more