Influenza hemagglutinin subunit vaccines are more effective and offer better cross protection against various influenza virus ...

The sudden rise of Oropouche disease startled scientists and health officials. Since its discovery, there have only been around 500,000 known cases. By contrast, there are upward of 400 million dengue ...

In a study of newborn piglets, infection with influenza A was associated with disruptions in the piglets' nasal and gut microbiomes, and with potentially detrimental changes in gene activity in the ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to ...

“We are working to understand what the important features of an antibody are that make it effective at neutralizing — blocking — the virus. As part of the team that in 2017 mapped the structure of a ...

A 1982 study found influenza A remained contagious up to 48 hours on hard plastic or stainless steel, while a 2008 publication found these viruses stayed infectious for up to three days on Swiss ...

The potential “tripledemic” of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infection continues to be a concern. Vaccines remain the best defense against COVID-19 and influenza, with ...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is changing over time. NIAID-RML, CC BY One of the most concerning features of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 is how it moves or changes over time during the evolution of the ...

Hilgenfeld and colleagues elucidated an early structure of the virus’s main protease, an enzyme that helps SARS-CoV-2 build its proteins (Science 2020, DOI: 10.1126/science.abb3405), and Rao and ...

Yet this spike has qualities that make it different from other feared contagions like HIV and influenza, giving scientists a possible route to an effective vaccine or cure. Genetically, it is ...

Atomic-scale resolution There are three classes of influenza virus — A, B, and C — and each of them produces a different version of the M2 protein. M2 is an ion channel that carries protons through ...