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

How do viruses get into cells? Their infection tactics determine whether they can jump species or set off a pandemic

Viruses can get into cells in several ways. Figuring out how to stop them from entering in the first place is a key to developing better vaccines and stopping future pandemics.

Peter Kasson, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia • conversation
Nov. 21, 2023 ~6 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

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies

Researchers discovered a satellite virus latching onto the neck of another virus called MindFlayer. Studying the viral arms race between similar viruses could lead to new ways to fight infections.

Ivan Erill, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
Nov. 3, 2023 ~7 min

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