Summer mass events prompt EU call for measles vaccination

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Breakthrough aerosol human infection model gives hope for future tuberculosis vaccine development

University of Oxford researchers have for the first time established a controlled human infection model for tuberculosis (TB) that infects people via the lungs – the way TB enters the body. The clinical trial, which...

16 April, 2024

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New vaccine strategy could mean one-and-done for most viruses, rather than endless annual boosters targeting different viral strains. Credit: Aleya Spielman/UCLA Health

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Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised. Every year, researchers try...

16 April, 2024

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Stanford Medicine study flags unexpected cells in lung as suspected source of severe COVID

The lung-cell type that’s most susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is not the one previously assumed to be most vulnerable. What’s more, the virus enters this susceptible cell via an...

12 April, 2024

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