Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them, scientists have shown.

Most people who get the seasonal influenza vaccine – which contains strains of viruses from distinct virus subtypes – mount a strong immune response to one strain, leaving them vulnerable to infection ...

Stanford Medicine scientists have designed a way to make our seasonal influenza vaccinations more broadly effective and possibly to protect us from new flu variants with pandemic potential.

A patient in Louisiana was hospitalized after a recent exposure with the CDC issuing guidance to those most at-risk of infection.

A new study published in "Emerging Microbes & Infections" examines the behavior and impact of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, particularly the clade 2.3.4.4.b variant, in domestic cats. The findings ...

It's a neurological disorder in which the body's immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system. This is the part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord. The onset of GBS can be ...

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Tuesday that it has secured a contract for over five million doses of the human H5 influenza ... AbbVie's Parkinson's disease ...

Stomach viruses spread fast because people don’t wash their hands well after using the bathroom or changing a baby's diaper. Wash long enough to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. Many doctors call ...

Your Android phone has a host of system apps and services, all with their own tasks. One such app is Android System Intelligence. Google has chosen to name the app rather broadly and vaguely ...

Further expansion planned The early warning system is currently still limited to respiratory diseases such as influenza, coronavirus and RSV. In future, it is to be extended to other pathogens ...

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for ... "They flood the immune system so the body can't adapt quick enough." ...

The flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself from the influenza virus. You should get one every year, unless you have a medical reason not to. Flu season can begin as early as October and ...