Newly discovered virus kills ‘sleeping’ bacteria

Researchers have found a virus kills "sleeping" bacteria. The discovery could help fight germs that can't be treated with antibiotics alone.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
Jan. 19, 2024 ~8 min

What you should know about the latest COVID variant

An expert has answers for you about the latest COVID variant, JN.1, including information about tests, vaccines, and more.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Jan. 19, 2024 ~6 min


Nasal spray vaccine may offer better, longer COVID protection

Administering a COVID-19 vaccine as a nasal spray, rather than as an injection, may increase the vaccine’s overall effectiveness.

Zehan Yu-Duke-NUS • futurity
Jan. 10, 2024 ~5 min

How RSV vaccines could save a lot of lives and money

If widely adopted like annual flu vaccines, RSV vaccines would dramatically reduce the disease's burden of illness and death in the US.

Yale • futurity
Jan. 3, 2024 ~8 min

Team uses zebrafish embryos to cultivate human norovirus

Researchers have used zebrafish embryos to propagate the human norovirus, the predominant cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide.

National University of Singapore • futurity
Jan. 2, 2024 ~4 min

Probiotics delay COVID infection and cut symptoms

Probiotics may be a relatively simple and inexpensive way to treat people after a COVID exposure, a new study suggests.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Dec. 20, 2023 ~6 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

3 Questions: Darrell Irvine on making HIV vaccines more powerful

Human volunteers will soon begin receiving an HIV vaccine that contains an adjuvant developed in Irvine’s lab, which helps to boost B cell responses to the vaccine.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Dec. 12, 2023 ~5 min


What you should know about new RSV vaccines

Infants have new protections against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but availability is limited. Two experts discuss what you should know.

Scott Hesel - U. Rochester • futurity
Dec. 11, 2023 ~8 min

5 things to know about norovirus

Norovirus, a common stomach illness can spread almost anywhere. An expert brings you up to speed.

Tufts University • futurity
Dec. 1, 2023 ~7 min

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