Significance Central memory CD8 + T cells are important in providing protection against viral infections, including influenza. However, it is not well understood how the transcriptomic features and T ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the HHS Secretary of the US, despite a long history of the contrary, now often pretends to be not against vaccinations. Yet, his recent actions depict an entirely different ...

The Trump administration is decreasing funding for the development of mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccines, which were crucial in ...

Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than adapting to better infect other mammals, according to a new study from ...

A virus that typically infects black-eyed peas is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—and researchers are uncovering why.

The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking the latest move by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus ...

Scientists have decoded the Swiss genome of the 1918 flu virus from a century-old specimen, revealing early adaptations for human infection. Scientists from the Universities of Basel and Zurich have ...

New study using ferrets, closest animal model for human flu, found influenza A infection, H1N1 in particular, may boost immunity to avian flu.

Background: Influenza viruses with pandemic potential and possible burden of post-viral sequelae are a global concern. To prepare for future pandemics and the development of improved vaccines, it is ...