In 2009, the world saw the first influenza pandemic in more than forty years in the form of the H1N1 strain. Although response to this variant was fast and a vaccine quickly developed, the fight ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Influenza vaccines, masking and other infection prevention methods are effective control measures. Still, ...

The Omicron variant is spreading across the globe, but so far the strain appears to be less deadly than its predecessors. That’s good news, but here’s a risk that policy makers in every country should ...

High-affinity mutant strains develop in those with more virus exposure but can revert to low-affinity form in others, according to study in Science. NIAID researchers have found a new explanation for ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Sera from 27 children and eight older persons, which had been collected in 1998 and 1999 and showed haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) activity ...

The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the ...

The inconvenience of yearly flu shots prevents many people from getting them, while flu kills thousands of Americans annually. We need vaccines that will provide durable immunity and work against new ...

– Data demonstrate sotrovimab, developed by Vir in conjunction with GlaxoSmithKline, continues to retain in vitro neutralizing activity against all tested variants of concern, including Omicron – ...

In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu has forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to prevent its spread.

Widespread vaccination efforts against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have successfully prevented innumerable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, ...

The tendency of the body's immune system to selectively use immunological memory, based on a past infection whenever a variant of a pathogen (for example – a virus or bacteria) is encountered, is ...