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Arrival of H5N1 in Australia triggers ambitious vaccination program

The ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2, particularly the rapid emergence of the omicron variant and its sublineages, has weakened the effectiveness of existing vaccines and antiviral drugs, underscoring the potential risk of future coronavirus pandemics.

Intercept, a new nonprofit, will focus on countering the common cold and the flu.

Intercept is a $500M philanthropic initiative that will catalyze the development and deployment of the technologies needed to radically reduce the burden of respiratory infections, and eventually elim...

It was a big month for clinical trials of next generation Covid vaccines. An exciting phase 1/2 trial in Africa for an…

The trajectory of Covid awareness may not go exactly as many expect, and in the meantime, bookstores are one of the community spaces that can offer a transition point to a different possible future.

@Lou_vs_ME: They've found the second New Zealander - who left the hantavirus ship in late April. - In Taiwan, in hospital quarantine from 13 May to 6 June. Testing negative so far. Links below Taiwan ...

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Jay Bhattacharya dismissed the test-negative design as 'crap.' The biostatistics literature tells a different story.

Children and adolescents who are reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 face a significantly higher risk of developing long COVID, according to a large, multi-institutional study published in The Lancet Infectiou...

Preliminary analysis of Orthobunyavirus andesense virus sequences from a cruise-ship related cluster, May 2026. In May 2026, an Andes virus (ANDV) outbreak occurred aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise sh...

The WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) continues to closely monitor the genetic and antigenic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 i...

“Sensible, precautionary investments will do much to help us manage climate change’s worst impacts on our health, saving the country’s health budget and our wellbeing well into the future.” — Lucy Cas...

MIT and Broad Institute researchers found a way to overcome age-related immune system decline by temporarily programming liver cells to take over the maturation of T cells. Using mRNA, the researchers...