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Tag: Influenza

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Could Cats Become a Vector for Bird Flu?

December 11, 2024Emily Anthes and Apoorva MandavilliComments Off on Could Cats Become a Vector for Bird Flu?

A new study highlights the need for public health officials to ramp up bird flu surveillance in our feline companions.

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For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to Beat the Odds

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024Gina KolataComments Off on For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to Beat the Odds

In the era when people traveled by sailing ship and steamer, illnesses usually burned themselves out before boats reached shore, a new study finds.

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Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily AnthesComments Off on Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?

H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.

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What’s Next for the Coronavirus?

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on What’s Next for the Coronavirus?

Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid.

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Amid Signs of a Covid Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal’

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on Amid Signs of a Covid Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal’

Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with the coronavirus will be like this winter and beyond.

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Amid Signs of a Covid Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal’

August 2, 2023APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on Amid Signs of a Covid Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal’

Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with the coronavirus will be like this winter and beyond.

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The Covid Pandemic’s Hidden Casualties: Pregnant Women

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on The Covid Pandemic’s Hidden Casualties: Pregnant Women

Many expectant women have avoided vaccination, unaware that the virus poses great risks to both fetus and mother.

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One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?

Scientists have tested in animals a vaccine that may protect against 20 strains of influenza, helping to prevent another pandemic.

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Inside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022Emily AnthesComments Off on Inside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests

Researchers in Atlanta have helped the federal government evaluate dozens of Covid tests and pioneer a new model for developing novel diagnostics.

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An Undiscovered Coronavirus? The Mystery of the ‘Russian Flu’

February 14, 2022February 15, 2022Gina KolataComments Off on An Undiscovered Coronavirus? The Mystery of the ‘Russian Flu’

Scientists are grasping for any example that could help anticipate the future of Covid, even a mysterious respiratory pandemic that spread in the late 19th century.

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