Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections and symptoms, finds a new study […]
A universal flu vaccine that could prevent a potential influenza pandemic has been a holy grail for epidemiologists around the […] Researchers at McMaster University have invented a stable, affordable way to store fragile vaccines for weeks at a time at […] In late March 2019, the World Health Organization and a vaccine advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration selected […] Pregnant women and the extremely obese are among those at high risk for complications from the flu — including death […] Lassa fever belongs to the same class of hemorrhagic fevers as Ebola. Like Ebola, it has been a major health […] Mucus and other airway secretions that are expelled when a person with the flu coughs or exhales appear to protect […] In just a few short months, hospitals across the country will start their annual push to make sure their workers […] Scientists have found immune cells can fight different strains of the same virus — a discovery which could help transform […] Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a genetic screening tool that identified two key factors that allow the […]Cold and Flu
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