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Scientists uncover structure of critical component in deadly Nipah virus

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has caused outbreaks...

22 January, 2025

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Scientists develop breakthrough method to identify infectious variants

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to rapidly identify infectious and vaccine-resistant variants of viruses and bacteria, including those causing influenza, COVID-19, whooping cough, and tuberculosis...

2 January, 2025

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FLiRT COVID variants: What to know

The latest omicron subvariants carry specific mutations that may allow the SARS-CoV-2 virus to be better at evading immune protection Over the last year, a whole different family of COVID-19 variants has emerged...

12 November, 2024

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Unraveling West Nile Virus: Immune vulnerabilities and the search for better prevention

The U.S. is currently grappling with another outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne illness that has become the leading cause of epidemic encephalitis in the country. The Centers for Disease Control and...

9 October, 2024

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Study identifies unpredicted immune responses to adenoviral COVID vaccines

Researchers from the University of Liverpool’s Centre for Drug Safety Science have identified unpredicted T-cell immune responses to the adenoviral (Oxford/AstraZeneca and Janssen) COVID-19 vaccines, but not to the mRNA...

22 July, 2024

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Global human challenge consortium to push for next generation of vaccines

An international group of researchers specialising in human challenge studies is embarking on a project to develop advanced virus-blocking vaccines. The global consortium will lay the crucial groundwork needed to...

7 April, 2024

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Covid vaccine for pregnant women safe for newborn infants

No increased risks for babies, and for some serious neonatal complications lower risks. This is the result of the largest study to date on the safety of newborn babies whose mothers were vaccinated against COVID-19...

9 February, 2024

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AI is leveling up the fight against infectious diseases

Artificial intelligence is a new addition to the infectious disease researcher’s toolbox. Yet in merely half a decade, AI has accelerated progress on some of the most urgent issues in medical science and public health...

1 August, 2023

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New mRNA vaccine to fight 20 known subtypes of influenza

An experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu strains in initial tests, and thus might serve one day as a general preventative...

7 December, 2022

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First-in-human clinical trial confirms novel HIV vaccine approach developed by IAVI and Scripps Research

A phase 1 clinical trial testing a novel vaccine approach to prevent HIV has produced promising results, IAVI and Scripps Research announced. The vaccine showed success in stimulating production of rare immune cells...

4 October, 2022

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