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Released: 27-Feb-2024 6:05 AM EST
Fighting the flu: The surprising power of a century-old vaccine for tuberculosis
McGill University

As Canada’s flu season collides with record strep A cases and ongoing COVID-19 concerns, a new study is shedding light on our understanding of respiratory immune responses

Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Long COVID can happen to anyone. Keep up with the latest research on Long COVID on Newswise
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Stay informed! These are the latest research articles on "Long COVID" from the Coronavirus News Source on Newswise.

Newswise: Flu virus variants resistant to new antiviral drug candidate lose pathogenicity, study finds
Released: 6-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Flu virus variants resistant to new antiviral drug candidate lose pathogenicity, study finds
Georgia State University

Influenza A viruses with induced resistance to a new candidate antiviral drug were found to be impaired in cell culture and weakened in animals, according to a study by researchers in the Center for Translational Antiviral Research at Georgia State University.

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Released: 22-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Expert shares advice for parents navigating pediatric influenza, COVID-19, and RSV this winter
Virginia Tech

Coping with the challenges of parenting can be particularly stressful for those concerned about the flu, COVID-19, or RSV.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Spike in Influenza, COVID-19, and Other Respiratory Illnesses Can Lead to Rise in Cardiovascular Complications
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai cardiologists warn about the risk of heart problems during winter for American Heart Month

Released: 19-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Study sheds light on how viral infections interact with our bodies
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Much of what we know about viral respiratory infections like COVID-19 and influenza comes from studies of symptomatic patients.

Newswise: Urgent Message from WCS as the Avian Influenza Virus Threatens Wildlife Across the Globe
Released: 15-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Urgent Message from WCS as the Avian Influenza Virus Threatens Wildlife Across the Globe
Wildlife Conservation Society

Massive Die-Off of Elephant Seals in Argentina Due to Avian Influenza Is Latest Sign that the Virus Is an Existential Threat to Wildlife.

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Released: 10-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Winter spikes of the flu, COVID-19, and RSV; expert offers tips and advice for staying healthy
Virginia Tech

Federal officials are describing a ‘tripledemic’ of respiratory infections on the rise. Flu, COVID-19, and RSV are spiking, as expected, as we are in the mid-winter months. Lisa M. Lee, a professor of public health at Virginia Tech, answered questions about factors for concern and the importance of vaccination. Lee is an epidemiologist and bioethicist who has worked in public health and ethics for 25 years, including 14 years with CDC.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
The ‘tripledemic’ surge
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Study examines the impact of flu, RSV and COVID-19 hitting pediatric emergency departments

12-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
‘Long flu’ has emerged as a consequence similar to long COVID
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System comparing the viruses that cause the flu and COVID-19 shows that people hospitalized with seasonal influenza also can suffer long-term, negative health effects, especially involving their lungs and airways. The study also found that in the 18 months after infection, patients hospitalized for either COVID-19 or seasonal influenza faced an increased risk of death, hospital readmission, and other health problems.

Released: 11-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Team to develop breathalyzer test for COVID, RSV, influenza A
Washington University in St. Louis

Imagine the ability to quickly and accurately diagnose if you are infected with influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or COVID-19 with one breath in less than a minute.

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.

Newswise: Study explores how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects
Released: 24-Jul-2023 11:40 AM EDT
Study explores how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

While the incidence of influenza-associated neuropsychiatric events in children in the United States is unknown, the controversy over the use of a common antiviral medication typically administered to treat flu in children has sparked concern among parents and medical professionals alike. The dilemma about whether the treatment causes neuropsychiatric events or if the infection itself is the culprit, led a group of pediatric researchers at Monroe Carell Jr.

Released: 19-Jul-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Flu during Pregnancy May Lead to Changes in Offspring’s Immune Function
American Physiological Society (APS)

A new study in mice suggests that having a common form of the flu during pregnancy may affect the next generation by impairing immune function in the gut. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

Released: 22-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
UW–Madison researchers reveal how key protein might help influenza A infect its hosts
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Influenza A is one of two influenza viruses that fuel costly annual flu seasons and is a near constant threat to humans and many other animals. It’s also responsible for occasional pandemics that, like the one in 1918, leave millions dead and wreak havoc on health systems and wider society. Influenza A was first identified as a health threat nearly a century ago, but only in the last decade have scientists identified one of the virus’s key proteins for infiltrating host cells and short-circuiting their defenses.

Released: 13-Jun-2023 7:50 PM EDT
People who preserve ‘immune resilience’ live longer, resist infections
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working with collaborators in five countries, today revealed that the capacity to resist or recover from infections and other sources of inflammatory stress — called “immune resilience” — differs widely among individuals.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 12:20 PM EDT
Husker scientists closing in on long-lasting swine flu vaccine
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

A successful long-term experiment with live hogs indicates Nebraska scientists may be another step closer to achieving a safe, long-lasting and potentially universal vaccine against swine flu.

   
Released: 31-May-2023 3:05 PM EDT
How the flu virus hacks our cells
Université de Genève (University of Geneva)

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified how the influenza A virus manages to penetrate cells to infect them.

Newswise: Genetic change increased bird flu severity during U.S. spread
Released: 30-May-2023 1:15 PM EDT
Genetic change increased bird flu severity during U.S. spread
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered H5N1 avian influenza viruses gained the ability to cause severe disease and target the brain in mammals as they spread across North America.

   
Released: 12-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Immigration Nation: Research and Experts
Newswise

Title 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three years, has expired. Those migrants will have the opportunity to apply for asylum. President Biden's new rules to replace Title 42 are facing legal challenges. Border crossings have already risen sharply, as many migrants attempt to cross before the measure expires on Thursday night. Some have said they worry about tighter controls and uncertainty ahead. Immigration is once again a major focus of the media as we examine the humanitarian, political, and public health issues migrants must go through.

       
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Released: 21-Apr-2023 3:10 PM EDT
TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE Live Event for April 21: Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins
Newswise

Researcher will discuss the study which involved a sleeping aid known as suvorexant that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia, hints at the potential of sleep medications to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

       
Released: 6-Apr-2023 7:30 PM EDT
UM School of Medicine Researchers Chart Path Forward on Developing mRNA Vaccines for Infections Beyond COVID-19
University of Maryland School of Medicine

After helping to develop and test new mRNA technologies for COVID-19 vaccines, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers and scientists are turning their attention to utilizing this innovative technology to ward off other infectious diseases like malaria and influenza.

Released: 29-Mar-2023 6:25 PM EDT
COVID vaccine induces robust T cell responses in blood cancer patients
The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

Researchers found that, despite being heavily immunocompromised, haematology patients generate strong cellular immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 after vaccination, on par with that of healthy individuals.

Newswise: Method for improving seasonal flu vaccines also aids pandemic prediction
29-Mar-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Method for improving seasonal flu vaccines also aids pandemic prediction
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The seasonal flu vaccine is less effective in some years than others. New St. Jude research showed one reason behind this lack of efficacy is the inclusion of flu strains with an unstable viral protein.



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