Category: Flu
Immune markers offer clues to antibody production in response to flu
| Apr 7, 2021Scientists are learning more about antibody production in response to flu, including how they develop from helper T cells and monocytes.
Learn moreChanging the trajectory of flu for the sickest patients
| Nov 4, 2020Research reveals that supportive tissue in the lungs helps coordinate the immune response to flu by regulating access to the tissue and inflammation in the lungs.
Learn moreCan common nasal bacteria be targeted to slow flu transmission? Maybe.
| Oct 19, 2020This new study shows that flu transmission and infection could be slowed or prevented by this simple technique.
Learn moreSearching for the next pandemic flu virus? There’s another factor to keep in mind.
| Jun 30, 2020Researchers find the stability of this protein is key to the pandemic potential of swine flu.
Learn moreLegendary flu hunter offers tips to stay healthy during a pandemic
| Apr 17, 2020This researcher's recommendations on coronavirus are based on 65 years of infectious diseases and viral research.
Learn moreThe beginning of the end for the annual flu shot?
| Oct 1, 2019Researchers researching a flu vaccine that lasts longer and protects the most vulnerable patients.
Learn moreA moving target: Taking aim at the shift and drift of influenza viruses
| Jan 25, 2019How close are we to a flu pandemic? Read how it could happen and what researchers are doing to prevent it.
Learn moreCan obesity give influenza more time to spread and make vaccines less effective?
| Jan 10, 2019St. Jude researchers, led by Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry, are asking questions about potential association between flu severity and the obesity epidemic.
Learn moreWill Mother Nature deal a deadly hand with influenza virus?
| Dec 6, 2018How close are we to another deadly influenza virus pandemic? Read about how scientists are figuring out how to prevent the next catastrophe.
Learn moreWhat is causing resistance to the new flu drug, Xofluza?
| Oct 25, 2018A recently discovered mutation that occurs when the flu virus is exposed Xofluza could also cause drug resistance.
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