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 ...

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 ...

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

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed antigenic variety across the significant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, like ...