The second group of participants filled out a questionnaire enabling them to assess the risk of post-influenza complications. The third group was given a leaflet to read on their own (without the ...

The second group of participants filled out a questionnaire enabling them to assess the risk of post-influenza complications. The third group was given a leaflet to read on their own (without the ...

Balloon-assisted anterior mitral leaflet modification (BATMAN) during transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) demonstrated a 92.7% success rate in preventing left ventricular outflow tract ...

Novel, needle-free, live-attenuated influenza vaccines with broad protection against human and avian virus subtypes Date: May 9, 2025 Source: The University of Hong Kong Summary: A research team ...

The bat influenza A virus subtype H18N11 induces nanoscale MHCII clustering upon host cell attachment. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58834-y Cite This Page : ...

Unlike most influenza viruses, which bind to glycans—i.e. carbohydrate chains on the cell surface—for infection, the H18N11 virus has a different target. Example 1 of MDCK cells stably ...

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An influenza vaccine, either given alone or with a COVID-19 vaccine during the follicular phase, was linked to minor changes in the length of the menstrual cycle of less than 1 day, but the length ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. Oregon reported two pediatric fatalities ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu vaccine reduces the risk of illness by 40–60% when the strains are well-matched — not perfect, but significantly ...

Hong Kong scientists have made a breakthrough in developing a new flu vaccine that is needle-free and has the potential to induce a more robust immune response against various virus strains.