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Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection 鈥 among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.
Taking antibiotics during an influenza infection can be harmful and increases the risk of developing a bacterial pneumonia while sick with the flu, according to new research led by Cedars-Sinai.
The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Pen铆nsula Vald茅s, Argentina鈥攂ut it鈥檚 quieter. Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate that only about a third of the elephant seals normally expected here returned.
A new study led by Rutgers Health researchers has uncovered important insights into vaccination patterns among LGBTQ+ adults in New Jersey and New York. The findings, published in the journal Vaccine, shed light on disparities in vaccine uptake within this diverse population.
Throughout the Covid pandemic, media widely reported that Black patients were more likely than White patients to refuse vaccines, including the influenza and Covid vaccines. A new study being presented at this year鈥檚 American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston showed that self-identified non-White patients were less likely to demonstrate vaccine-hesitancy than the self-identified White patient group.
Durante la pandemia de COVID, los medios informaron ampliamente que los pacientes negros ten铆an m谩s probabilidades que los pacientes blancos de rechazar las vacunas, incluidas las vacunas contra la influenza y el COVID. Un nuevo estudio que se presentar谩 en la Reuni贸n Cient铆fica Anual del Colegio Americano de Alergia, Asma e Inmunolog铆a (ACAAI) de este a帽o en Boston mostr贸 que los pacientes que se identifican como no blancos ten铆an menos probabilidades de mostrar desconfianza en cuando a las vacunas que los pacientes que se identifican como blancos.
Certain infectious diseases, such as COVID or the flu, evolve constantly, shapeshifting just enough to outmaneuver our immune systems and reinfect us repeatedly. But subsequent reinfections often don鈥檛 lead to the most severe outcomes鈥攆or very good reason. Upon first exposure to a pathogen, our immune systems churn out specially trained B cells, which have learned to identify and eliminate the virus.
Fall is here and with it, comes cold and flu season. With schools back in session and people gathering inside more, COVID will also be a player in this year鈥檚 circulating respiratory viruses.
Corewell Health鈥檚 infectious disease experts Dr. Russ Lampen and Dr. Nick Gilpin teamed up to answer the most frequently asked questions when it comes to this year鈥檚 COVID vaccine.
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Over the past decade, decreasing vaccination rates now threaten the huge beneficial impacts of vaccinations in the U.S. and globally. Researchers discuss the multifactorial barriers including increasing vaccine hesitancy and new clinical and public health challenges in vaccinations of U.S. adults.
A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that thousands of lives could have been saved during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic if convalescent plasma had been used more broadly, particularly in outpatients at high risk for severe disease and in hospitalized patients during their first few days of admission.
September usually marks the start of flu season, and with the ongoing threat of COVID-19, it鈥檚 crucial to be vigilant about your family鈥檚 health. The challenge, however, is being able to tell the difference between the flu, the common cold, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19, since all have similar symptoms.
In a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health, University of Georgia researchers found that natural immunity from previous flu infections has a significant impact on how well future influenza vaccinations work.