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Newswise: UC San Diego Health Infectious Disease Expert on Importance of Annual Influenza Vaccinations
Released: 6-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
UC San Diego Health Infectious Disease Expert on Importance of Annual Influenza Vaccinations
UC San Diego Health

Francesca Torriani, MD, infectious disease specialist at UC San Diego Health available to discuss importance of vaccination against influenza.

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Newswise: Survey finds many Americans are letting their guard down during respiratory illness season
Released: 13-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Survey finds many Americans are letting their guard down during respiratory illness season
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning this year will be potentially dangerous for respiratory illnesses, a third of Americans are not concerned about the threat, according to a new national survey by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Newswise: Flu Season Starting Late but Expected to Increase for the Holidays
Released: 7-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
Flu Season Starting Late but Expected to Increase for the Holidays
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The current flu season has started later and more gradually than last year, according to William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), although cases are expected to begin increasing in November before falling off in March.

Released: 6-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
Learning more about how flu strains evolved may help guide future vaccine development – SFU research
Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University researchers studying the evolutionary history of flu viruses have found that a new quantitative analysis of how they evolved may help predict future strains.

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Released: 12-Oct-2023 11:05 PM EDT
Navigating Childhood Asthma: Insights From a Pediatric Pulmonologist
Cedars-Sinai

As the seasons transition from warm fall nights to cool and wintry evenings, children with asthma often experience a rise in wheezing or chest tightness, because weather changes and cold temperatures are often asthma triggers.

Released: 5-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Media Briefing on Preventing the Spread of Flu, COVID, and RSV This Fall
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is hosting an expert briefing for the media from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, October 12, on how to take steps to stay healthy as COVID and RSV cases climb and flu season approaches.

Released: 4-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
MSU expert: What to know about flu, RSV, new COVID-19 variant and new vaccine
Michigan State University

The new COVID-19 EG.5 variant is responsible for around 22% of current cases. The World Health Organization has classified it as a “variant of interest,” meaning countries should monitor it more closely than other strains — and cases have only increased in the past few weeks. Peter Gulick is an expert on infectious diseases, and he provides insight on what this new variant could mean and what you should know.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Uptick in COVID cases, new vaccine available
Released: 4-Oct-2023 9:10 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: Uptick in COVID cases, new vaccine available
Penn State Health

Cases of COVID-19 are up since this summer, and a new vaccine is available. A Penn State Health infectious disease expert offers the latest on the pandemic.

Newswise: To prepare for next pandemic, Pitt researchers tackle bird flu
Released: 2-Oct-2023 8:05 AM EDT
To prepare for next pandemic, Pitt researchers tackle bird flu
University of Pittsburgh

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Vaccine Research Center have developed an improved way to test potential vaccines against bird flu. The report was published this week in the journal iScience.

Released: 24-Sep-2023 9:00 PM EDT
Avoiding a “Tripledemic” This Winter
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers infectious disease expert explains what you need to know about this year’s flu, COVID and new RSV shots

Newswise: Five New Health Systems Partner with American Thoracic Society on Vaccine Initiative
Released: 20-Sep-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Five New Health Systems Partner with American Thoracic Society on Vaccine Initiative
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

As cities brace for a confluence of flu, COVID-19, pneumonia, and RSV infections this fall, the American Thoracic Society announced that five new health systems have partnered with the Society to improve vaccination rates.

Released: 1-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Scientists unpick how lung cells induce immune response to influenza
Trinity College Dublin

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered some new and surprising ways that viral RNA and influenza virus are detected by human lung cells, which has potential implications for treating people affected by such viruses.

Newswise: Immune cells present long before infection predict flu symptoms
Released: 17-Aug-2023 12:35 PM EDT
Immune cells present long before infection predict flu symptoms
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists found that immune cells present in individuals long before influenza infection predict whether the illness is symptomatic.

Released: 15-Aug-2023 12:35 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Study Among the First to Show That Drugs Targeting the Lung, Rather Than Bacteria, May Prevent Staph Infection in Flu Patients
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai study among the first to show that drugs targeting the lung, rather than bacteria, may prevent staph infection in flu patients

Released: 10-Aug-2023 1:25 PM EDT
Study Reveals Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Faced Nearly Twice the Rates of Death After Discharge As Patients with Flu
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Researchers demonstrate that among individuals who were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 and were discharged alive, the risk of post-discharge death was nearly twice that observed in those who were discharged alive from an influenza-related hospital admission.

Released: 9-Aug-2023 11:20 AM EDT
High-speed train tech used to detect airborne viruses – new research
Michigan State University

Researchers from University of British Columbia and Michigan State University have invented a system that can quickly and inexpensively detect airborne viruses using the same technology that enables high-speed trains.

Newswise: Sick of sports? Study shows flu deaths rise when pro sports teams move into cities
Released: 7-Aug-2023 8:10 AM EDT
Sick of sports? Study shows flu deaths rise when pro sports teams move into cities
West Virginia University

​​Given their research indicating public health suffers when a professional sports team makes its home in a new city, West Virginia University economists are asking whether publicly funded subsidies for sports arenas make sense.

Newswise: Mutation accessibility fuels influenza evolution
28-Jul-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Mutation accessibility fuels influenza evolution
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed that fixed mutations within a viral population most likely stem from how easy it is to acquire that mutation (i.e., mutation accessibility) rather than just its benefit.

19-Jul-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Breaking Research Sheds Light on COVID, Flu, and RSV Co-infections
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

Today, at the 2023 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo, scientists will present new data about rates of co-infections with SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the United States.



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