The flu vaccine is a preventive measure that helps protect against influenza, a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the flu virus. The vaccine is typically administered in the form of a shot or nasal
Despite the knowledge gap, some common misconceptions may be fading. Among all respondents, 73% know you can’t get the flu from the flu shot and 88% know you can get a COVID-19 vaccine and the flu shot at the same time. Flu and Heart Health There is a strong correlation between th...
“This is an important finding because it means we have flexibility in terms of the type of vaccines we can use to make a universal vaccine for children. We now know that children’s immune systems are much more flexible than adults’ when it comes to being able to teach them h...
They are just going to tell you that you have the symptoms of COVID-19 after you tell them your symptoms. As we all start using telemedicine visits more and more in the next few weeks and months, you are still best off scheduling a video visit with your own health care provider. Altho...
vaccine designers. Although scientists are working towards a universal vaccine that will protect long-term against most flu variants, current flu vaccines are designed to protect against only a short list of recently circulating strains. Any mutation that occurs in these circulating strains and a...
“The effect lasted for at least five days,” she said. Foxman said her lab has begun to study whether the introduction of the cold virus before infection by the COVID-19 virus offers a similar type of protection. Reference: “Interference between rhinovirus and influenza A virus: a clinica...
The researchers say the system could in future be mounted onto handheld blood sugar test-style devices. This would let people test themselves and receive results at home for colds, flu, recurrent infections like those of the urinary tract (UTIs), and COVID-19. ...
What’s the prospect of developing a vaccine for poultry that could reduce the economic harm from outbreaks? Many factors would have to be weighed before adopting vaccination as a strategy for controlling HPAI. At this time, the Department of Agriculture has not approved the use of vaccination ...
A depiction of a nanoparticle vaccine that contains proteins from many different flu strains. Credit: UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design Scientists at UW Medicine and the NIH have created experimental flu shots that spur broad immunity in animal trials. ...