Lung failure may follow flu and measles-like virus in ferrets

Infection with a measles-like virus causes catastrophic lung failure in ferrets previously infected with flu or RSV, according to a new study.

LaTina Emerson-Georgia State • futurity
Feb. 9, 2024 ~5 min

In addition to long COVID, there’s also long flu

People hospitalized with seasonal influenza can suffer long-term, negative health effects, especially involving their lungs and airways.

Kristina Sauerwein-Washington University • futurity
Dec. 15, 2023 ~9 min


Most US parents plan to vaccinate kids against ‘tripledemic’

Most parents in the US say they intend to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV—the so-called "tripledemic."

Texas A&M University • futurity
Dec. 14, 2023 ~5 min

Over a third of Americans are worrying about COVID, flu, RSV

Over a third of US adults are worried that they or someone in their family will get the seasonal flu, COVID-19, or RSV in the next three months, a survey finds.

Michael Rozansky-Penn • futurity
Nov. 21, 2023 ~5 min

Vaccines against COVID-19, the seasonal flu and RSV are our best chance of preventing a winter surge

Newly approved and updated vaccines are the best tools available to combat COVID-19, the flu and RSV, as infections and hospitalizations tick upward and cold and flu season gets underway.

Libby Richards, Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 ~9 min

T cell tweak enhances immune system memory

New findings may support the development of more effective vaccines and therapeutics against influenza, researchers report.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Sept. 28, 2023 ~4 min

COVID-19 came from animals. Why aren’t we working to prevent new scourge?

New research finds threat not just in foreign lands, live markets in U.S. enormous, largely unregulated.

Alvin Powell • harvard
July 19, 2023 ~10 min

Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by viruses – here are a few ways to know the difference

Despite an abundance of research on strep, there is still a great deal of debate in the scientific community over whether and when people should get tested and treated for it.

Allen Shaughnessy, Professor of Family Medicine, Tufts University • conversation
July 12, 2023 ~9 min


These animal interactions are risks for future pandemics

A new report is the first to comprehensively map networks of animal commerce that fuel zoonotic disease risk in the US.

Peggy McGlone-NYU • futurity
July 6, 2023 ~10 min

Is bird flu behind New England seal deaths?

A new study links a wave of bird flu to the deaths of more than 330 New England harbor and gray seals along the North Atlantic coast in 2022.

Angela Nelson-Tufts • futurity
March 16, 2023 ~9 min

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