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Severe lung damage caused when flu is followed by infection with measles-like virus

Infection with a measles-like virus causes catastrophic lung failure in ferrets previously infected with influenza virus or respiratory syncytial virus, according to a study by researchers in the Center for...

9 February, 2024

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7 of the biggest medical breakthroughs in 2023

From new vaccines to the first drugs of their kind for hard-to-treat disorders, 2023 has been a year full of medical breakthroughs. They offer opportunities for people to protect themselves from diseases, slow down the...

2 January, 2024

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Catch me if you can: how three infectious disease agents evade the immune system

NTU researchers are understanding how the respiratory syncytial virus, Chikungunya virus and malaria parasite escape being detected by the immune system. COVID-19 cast a glaring spotlight on the devastating impact that...

7 December, 2023

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Co-administration of RSV, influenza vaccines found safe and effective in new study

The co-administration of bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F protein−based vaccine (RSVpreF) and seasonal influenza vaccine was found to generate robust immune responses and was safe and well...

6 December, 2023

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RSV-preventing injection in shortage as respiratory virus season begins

Respiratory virus season is only starting, and demand has already outstripped supply for the newly approved and potentially lifesaving monoclonal antibody injection for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in...

20 November, 2023

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Global Health Cast Edition 51

Fifty-first Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas.
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25 October, 2023

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CDC recommends new vaccine to help protect babies against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness after birth

Today, CDC recommended the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant people to protect their newborn from severe RSV illness. RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization for U.S. infants. This new...

23 September, 2023

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How to inactivate common cold viruses

There is something we can all do to prevent the common cold virus RSV from spreading: disinfecting hands and surfaces as well as gargling with mouthwash when symptoms occur. Every year, respiratory syncytial viruses...

7 September, 2023

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Global Health Cast Edition 47

Forty-seventh Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas.
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30 August, 2023

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The race to an RSV vaccine could soon be over, decades after the first attempt

Roughly six decades after the first attempt to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, the Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve several shots by next winter. No RSV vaccine has ever been approved...

27 February, 2023

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