More than three years of intense negotiations, marked by missed deadlines, high stakes disagreements, and political walkouts, have finally led to a historic agreement between 194 World Health Organization (WHO) member...
A recent surge in infections across Latin America has propelled the Oropouche virus, an arbovirus long considered a marginal health threat, into the global spotlight. Like dengue and Zika, Oropouche virus (OROV) causes...
Antibiotic resistance is rapidly becoming one of the gravest threats to global health. With projections suggesting that drug-resistant infections could surpass cancer as a leading cause of death within the coming...
A groundbreaking study led by Stanford Medicine has unveiled a compelling link between the shingles vaccine and a reduced risk of dementia in older adults. Analyzing health records from over 280,000 individuals in...
In a significant step forward for global health security, researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of identifying animal species that...
The University of Oxford in partnership with the Coler Lab at Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI) has begun a new clinical trial called TB045, which aims to test tuberculosis (TB) vaccine safety and the host...
Amid rising vaccine misinformation, declining public confidence in science, and new outbreaks of preventable diseases, a coalition of 34 leading scientific and medical organizations—spearheaded by the American...
New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that prior exposure to specific seasonal influenza strains provides older adults with some immunity against H5N1 avian...
Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both COVID-19 and influenza, and broader immunity to different flu strains. In a study published...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) poses a significant health risk to individuals aged 60 years and older, often leading to severe acute respiratory infections (ARIs) that result in hospitalizations and substantial...