Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H1N1 virus particles. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) today announced the ...

Prof. Si Longlong's team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences constructed a ...

Liver disease was associated with reduced protection against influenza-associated hospitalization following influenza vaccination.

A trial of the influenza antiviral baloxavir suggests that the drug could be used as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent ...

The five available in New Zealand are Influvac Tetra, Flucelvax Quad, Fluad Quad, FluQuadri, and Afluria Quad. Drug-buying ...

Influenza A virus can produce sudden and unpredictable pandemics. Influenza A viruses are classified into different subtypes based on their surface glycoproteins, hemagglutinin (H) and ...

It was roughly 70% effective, with some mice showing symptoms and viral ... To create the experimental bird flu vaccine, the researchers added what's called a histidine tag, or his-tag, to both the H5 ...

While standard influenza shots are manufactured using virus grown in eggs, recombinant shots are egg-free. “Because our vaccine does not require the use of eggs in the manufacturing process — as many ...

This fundamental aspect of vaccine design means that regardless of effectiveness rates, receiving a flu shot cannot directly lead to contracting influenza. The components in both inactivated and ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new Cleveland Clinic study—yet to be peer ...

TORONTO - This season's influenza vaccine is estimated to have been more than 40 per cent effective in preventing illness with the dominant H3N2 viral strain in Canadians who got their shots ...