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...
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...
Ten years ago, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea faced a devastating Ebola epidemic that claimed over 11,000 lives and gripped the world in fear. The 2014 outbreak was the largest since Ebola’s discovery in 1976...
Penn researchers unveil groundbreaking mRNA avian flu vaccine In a significant stride toward pandemic preparedness, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed an...
The development of mRNA technology marks one of the most groundbreaking moments in modern medicine. Once relegated to experimental laboratories, it emerged as a beacon of hope during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling the...
A new mRNA-based vaccine offers significant promise in both treating and preventing the highly contagious and notoriously difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection, also known as C. diff. In...
With flu season just around the corner and COVID-19 cases on the rise, a new nationwide survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals hesitancy around vaccines this fall. The new data comes just as...
The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern – a new variant of the virus has caused an outbreak in Central and West Africa and spread to Sweden The World Health...
The federal government and vaccine makers are getting a new COVID-19 vaccine ready for the fall. An advisory panel at the FDA last week voted on which strains of the virus to target in an updated formulation for the...
Promising preclinical results from a new Penn Medicine study suggest an mRNA vaccine platform could limit the impact of avian flu pandemics. An experimental mRNA vaccine against avian influenza virus H5N1 is highly...