Designated as NB.1.8.1, the Nimbus strain is a descendant of Omicron. WHO has listed it among six variants under close ...

This is probably because the dominant strain of influenza that's circulating—H3N2—has evolved several mutations, creating a mismatch with this year's flu vaccine that seems less protective.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says this year's flu season began earlier than usual, with many ...

Results showed that the CIC and flu vaccines generated “robust immune responses” across three flu strains (H1N1, H3N2 and B) ...

Novavax's combo and standalone flu vaccines showed strong immune responses and good safety in a Phase 3 trial of adults 65 and older.

It’s a truth we often take for granted: the flu is usually something you shake off. You get a fever, aches, maybe a cough, and after a week or two, you’re back on your feet. For most people, most of ...

It is crucial to develop universal inhibitors for viral inhibition due to the rapid mutation of viruses. Herein, a universal aptamer inhibitor was developed that enabled a single DNA molecule to ...

Each participant will be infected with the influenza strain A H3N2 while under medical staff's care. None of the subjects will be recently vaccinated against the flu.

Your blood remembers. The influenza virus acquires a few mutations each year, so researchers don't tend to dwell on a person's antibody response to past flu strains. Instead, researchers consider ...

The Covid pathogen has joined the roster of manageable endemic respiratory viruses. There is no cause for pandemic-era alarm ...