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Dengue vaccine from Takeda shows promise

Officials have confirmed the initial success with trials of Dengue vaccine. Dengue, a viral disease borne by mosquitoes is considered to be one of the top ten health threats says the world Health Organization (WHO). Since the beginning of the outbreaks and the hundreds of deaths due to this infection, researchers have been on the lookout for vaccines to prevent this infection.

10 Nov 2019

New tool to assist in diagnosis and treatment of vaping-related lung injury

As lung injuries from vaping continue to rise across the United States, Rochester physicians and New York health leaders developed a new tool to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury.

10 Nov 2019

Best practice treatment guide to quickly detect, treat patients with vaping-associated lung injury

As the outbreak of lung injuries and deaths associated with e-cigarettes, or vaping, continues to spread across the U.S., researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City have effectively developed a best practice treatment guide to quickly identify and treat patients who develop the new and potentially fatal respiratory injury, according to a new study.

9 Nov 2019

As states with legal weed embrace vaping bans, black-market risks linger

Cannabis shops around Washington state are now required to hang signs warning customers of “severe lung injuries” and “deaths” associated with vaping.

6 Nov 2019

Some older adults engage in risky use of antibiotics, poll finds

Half of older Americans got help from the infection-fighting power of antibiotics in the past two years, a new poll finds, but a sizable minority didn't follow the instructions on their pill bottle.

4 Nov 2019

San Diego-based Predictive Science releases first forecast for influenza season

San Diego-based Predictive Science, Inc. this week released their first forecast for the 2019-2020 influenza season, which typically runs from November through March.

4 Nov 2019

Study finds cross-species filovirus transmission from bats to humans

Infectious diseases spilling over from wildlife are not new - as of 2008, approximately 70 per cent of all known emerging diseases are thought to have originated from wild animals.

1 Nov 2019

OHSU receives $2.1 million to develop new vaccine additives for tropical viruses

Sometimes vaccines need a little help to protect people against infectious diseases.

31 Oct 2019

Tick-borne brain infection reported in UK

Tick bites are known to spread infections. An infectious condition that can affect the brain has been identified for the first time in the United Kingdom and the disease has been found to spread via tick bites say sources.

30 Oct 2019

Facebook takes social media into preventive health – but is it private?

Facebook’s (FB) new Preventive Health Tool has been set up to connect its users to resources and reminders for health assessments in three major areas – heart disease and stroke, cancer, and seasonal influenza – thus making it easier for FB fans to remember to look after their health as well.

29 Oct 2019

Sense Biodetection raises £12.3m to develop instrument-free, point-of-care molecular diagnostic tests

Sense Biodetection Limited has today announced that it has raised £12.3m to develop its portfolio of instrument-free, point-of-care molecular diagnostic tests, a pioneering new class of diagnostic product.

29 Oct 2019

Novel antibodies could provide a universal flu vaccine

Now, a new study published in the journal Science on October 25, 2019, reports on a set of three novel antibodies that bind to another type of viral cell surface antigen called neuraminidase (NA) that is necessary for viral replication.

28 Oct 2019

Newly identified antibodies could lead to better treatments and vaccines for influenza

A newly identified set of three antibodies could lead to better treatments and vaccines against influenza, according to a paper published this week in Science.

25 Oct 2019

Researchers find antibody that may protect against wide range of lethal influenza viruses

A nationwide team of researchers has found an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of potentially lethal influenza viruses, advancing efforts to design of a universal vaccine that could either treat or protect people against all strains of the virus.

25 Oct 2019

New analysis provides insight into dangerous conditions in U.S. immigrant detention centers

An analysis and related commentary published in Clinical Infectious Diseases today provide in-depth examination of the deplorable and dangerous conditions in U.S. immigrant detention centers where seven children have died in the last 10 months.

25 Oct 2019

UAB physicians encourage everyone to get a flu shot between October and early November

The change of season in October and November brings in crisp, fall weather for the majority of the United States. Many begin to look toward the holiday season to come, but few think about the impending cold weather and subsequent sickness that pops up when winter arrives.

25 Oct 2019

Flu antibody could be a key to better treatments for severe flu disease

Researchers have found an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of lethal influenza viruses, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and Scripps Research in La Jolla, Calif.

24 Oct 2019

NIAID-supported clinical trial begins at four Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units

A clinical trial in which healthy adults will be deliberately infected with influenza virus under carefully controlled conditions is recruiting volunteers at four Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs) supported by NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

24 Oct 2019

Emory researchers awarded NIAID contract to develop better drug against influenza

With the flu killing an average of 20,000 people annually in the United States and posing the larger threat of global pandemics, Emory University's strides in influenza research carry the hope of saving lives here and abroad.

23 Oct 2019

Los Alamos' predictive AI computer model wins FluSight Challenge

A probabilistic artificial intelligence computer model developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory provided the most accurate state, national, and regional forecasts of the flu in 2018, beating 23 other teams in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FluSight Challenge. The CDC announced the results last week.

22 Oct 2019

Flu News and Research

Dengue vaccine from Takeda shows promise

New tool to assist in diagnosis and treatment of vaping-related lung injury

Best practice treatment guide to quickly detect, treat patients with vaping-associated lung injury

As states with legal weed embrace vaping bans, black-market risks linger

Some older adults engage in risky use of antibiotics, poll finds

San Diego-based Predictive Science releases first forecast for influenza season

Study finds cross-species filovirus transmission from bats to humans

OHSU receives $2.1 million to develop new vaccine additives for tropical viruses

Tick-borne brain infection reported in UK

Facebook takes social media into preventive health – but is it private?

Sense Biodetection raises £12.3m to develop instrument-free, point-of-care molecular diagnostic tests

Novel antibodies could provide a universal flu vaccine

Newly identified antibodies could lead to better treatments and vaccines for influenza

Researchers find antibody that may protect against wide range of lethal influenza viruses

New analysis provides insight into dangerous conditions in U.S. immigrant detention centers

UAB physicians encourage everyone to get a flu shot between October and early November

Flu antibody could be a key to better treatments for severe flu disease

NIAID-supported clinical trial begins at four Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units

Emory researchers awarded NIAID contract to develop better drug against influenza

Los Alamos' predictive AI computer model wins FluSight Challenge

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