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![Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, also rendered Penn & Teller: B.S.!, Bullsh*t!, Bulls***!, or Bull!, is an American documentary television series that has aired since 2003 on the premium cable channel Showtime. In Canada, the series airs on […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PennTeller-36x36.png "Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement")
Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement
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How Pandemics Spread: Introduction to Infectious Diseases
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![When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR’s Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FLU-36x36.jpg "Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body")
Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body
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![The first part explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the earliest discoveries of the existence of cells, and how scientists came to realise that there was, literally, more to life than meets […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cell-36x36.jpg "BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary")
BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary
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![This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, shows the function of white blood cells in normal immunity. It also portrays how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects the immune system and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Common […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HIV-36x36.jpg "Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS")
Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS
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Influenza animation – flu virus mechanism
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influenza Archive
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![Repeated vaccination for influenza in older adults reduced the severity of the virus and reduced hospital admissions, found new research published in CMAJ. A team of Spanish researchers looked at the effect of repeated influenza vaccinations in […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Vaccination-115x115.jpg "Repeated influenza vaccination helps prevent severe flu in older adults")
Repeated influenza vaccination helps prevent severe flu in older adults
Posted on January 8, 2018 | No CommentsRepeated vaccination for influenza in older adults reduced the severity of the virus and reduced hospital admissions, found new research published in CMAJ. A team of Spanish researchers looked at the effect of repeated influenza vaccinations in […] -
![No greater risk of reaction than for those without an allergy For years, people with an egg allergy have been told to avoid or take special precautions when getting a flu shot because most influenza vaccines are […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/shutterstock_379954132-115x115.jpg "Guidelines say no special precautions needed for flu shots for people allergic to eggs")
Guidelines say no special precautions needed for flu shots for people allergic to eggs
Posted on December 28, 2017 | No CommentsNo greater risk of reaction than for those without an allergy For years, people with an egg allergy have been told to avoid or take special precautions when getting a flu shot because most influenza vaccines are […] -
![As the number of states reporting local flu activity has more than doubled since last week, researchers have found that egg-based influenza vaccine production may be yielding less effective vaccines. The seasonal flu vaccine is most commonly […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Flu_Vaccine_Technologies-115x115.jpg "Egg-based flu vaccines offer lower levels of protection against certain virus subtypes")
Egg-based flu vaccines offer lower levels of protection against certain virus subtypes
Posted on November 7, 2017 | No CommentsAs the number of states reporting local flu activity has more than doubled since last week, researchers have found that egg-based influenza vaccine production may be yielding less effective vaccines. The seasonal flu vaccine is most commonly […] -
![A collaboration among researchers at the Yale School of Medicine and 10 other research institutions has discovered gene signatures — or related sets of genes — associated with the immune response to the influenza vaccination. The researchers […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Yale-115x115.jpg "Researchers elucidate immune response to flu vaccine")
Researchers elucidate immune response to flu vaccine
Posted on September 12, 2017 | No CommentsA collaboration among researchers at the Yale School of Medicine and 10 other research institutions has discovered gene signatures — or related sets of genes — associated with the immune response to the influenza vaccination. The researchers […] -
![A “big data” genetic analysis has found 9 genes that influence how your body reacts to the influenza vaccine, writes Andrew Masterson. An analysis of influenza vaccine response in more than 500 people has identified nine genes […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RNA-115x115.jpg "Flu vaccine effectiveness depends on your genes")
Flu vaccine effectiveness depends on your genes
Posted on August 28, 2017 | No CommentsA “big data” genetic analysis has found 9 genes that influence how your body reacts to the influenza vaccine, writes Andrew Masterson. An analysis of influenza vaccine response in more than 500 people has identified nine genes […] -
![A National Institutes of Health-funded study, led by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, has shown that an influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/microneedle-patch-115x115.jpg "Researchers develop microneedle patch for flu vaccination")
Researchers develop microneedle patch for flu vaccination
Posted on July 5, 2017 | No CommentsA National Institutes of Health-funded study, led by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, has shown that an influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental […] -
![A mutation in H7N9 avian flu virus that can enhance the ability of the virus to infect humans was identified by researchers from the University of Hong Kong, which made the finding public on Wednesday. The research […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shutterstock_384671506-115x115.jpg "HK researchers identify mutation in H7N9 virus")
HK researchers identify mutation in H7N9 virus
Posted on March 23, 2017 | No CommentsA mutation in H7N9 avian flu virus that can enhance the ability of the virus to infect humans was identified by researchers from the University of Hong Kong, which made the finding public on Wednesday. The research […] -
![The device has been designed by Professor Perena Gouma and his team from The University of Texas at Arlington. The science behind the device relates a feature of the inflammatory response in patients who contracted influenza. This […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Breathalyzer-115x115.jpg "Breath monitor detects influenza virus")
Breath monitor detects influenza virus
Posted on February 9, 2017 | No CommentsThe device has been designed by Professor Perena Gouma and his team from The University of Texas at Arlington. The science behind the device relates a feature of the inflammatory response in patients who contracted influenza. This […] -
![Influenza is one of the biggest public health concerns, accounting for up to 5 million severe cases and half a million deaths every year worldwide. Therefore, vaccination against influenza has been a part of immunization programs throughout […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shutterstock_200322827-115x115.jpg "Quadrivalent influenza vaccine should reduce medical costs and save lives")
Quadrivalent influenza vaccine should reduce medical costs and save lives
Posted on February 6, 2017 | No CommentsInfluenza is one of the biggest public health concerns, accounting for up to 5 million severe cases and half a million deaths every year worldwide. Therefore, vaccination against influenza has been a part of immunization programs throughout […] -
Influenza animation – flu virus mechanism
Posted on August 26, 2016 | No CommentsAnimation of the mechanism of an influenza virus and how Crucell’s antibodies target the HA1 proteins on the virus and prevent further spread of influenza.