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How Influenza Pandemics Occur
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Flu season is upon us! Check out this NIH video to see how these pandemics emerge and spread new flu viruses around the globe.
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Taking a Snapshot of the Human Immune System
Source: National Cancer Institute Visuals Online, NIH There are numerous tests to gauge the health of your heart. But no such widely accepted test exists for the many parts of the immune system. How...
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Birth Year Predicts Bird Flu Risk
Caption: Birth years of people in China who contracted H7N9 avian flu from 1997-2015 (left); birth years of people in Cambodia, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam who contracted H5N1 avian...
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Creative Minds: Does Human Immunity Change with the Seasons?
Micaela Martinez It’s an inescapable conclusion from the book of Ecclesiastes that’s become part of popular culture thanks to folk legends Pete Seeger and The Byrds: “To everything (turn, turn, turn),...
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Looking to Llamas for New Ways to Fight the Flu
Researchers are making tremendous strides toward developing better ways to reduce our risk of getting the flu. And one of the latest ideas for foiling the flu—a “gene mist” that could be sprayed into...
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Can Childhood Stress Affect the Immune System?
Katie EhrlichCredit: Alan Flurry, University of Georgia, Athens Whether it’s growing up in gut-wrenching poverty, dealing with dysfunctional family dynamics, or coping with persistent bullying in...
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These Oddball Cells May Explain How Influenza Leads to Asthma
Credit: Andrew Vaughan, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Most people who get the flu bounce right back in a week or two. But, for others, the respiratory infection is the beginning of lasting...
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CRISPR-Based Anti-Viral Therapy Could One Day Foil the Flu—and COVID-19
CRISPR gene-editing technology has tremendous potential for making non-heritable DNA changes that can treat or even cure a wide range of devastating disorders, from HIV to muscular dystrophy Now, a...
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Experimental mRNA Vaccine May Protect Against All 20 Influenza Virus Subtypes
Caption: Messenger RNA (mRNA)– nanoparticle vaccine encoding hemagglutinin antigens (H with number) from all 20 known influenza subtypes. Flu season is now upon us, and protecting yourself and loved...
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