WHO Updates Terminology for Airborne Pathogens
The report introduces the term "infectious respiratory particles" and advocates for moving away from the dichotomy of the previously used terms "aerosols" and "droplets."
The report introduces the term "infectious respiratory particles" and advocates for moving away from the dichotomy of the previously used terms "aerosols" and "droplets."
The US CDC has revised its previous COVID-19 isolation guidelines, removing a recommendation for five days of self-isolation for patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
While current approaches target the virus, a new study demonstrates that treating the host to prevent them from transmitting the virus to another host could be a potential new strategy for flu prevention.
Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning this year will be potentially dangerous for respiratory illnesses, a third of Americans are not concerned about the threat, according to a new national survey by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Read MoreNorthwestern Medicine surgeons removed a 34-year-old’s infected lungs, created an artificial lung to keep him alive, placed breast implants inside the chest cavity to keep the heart in place, and completed a double-lung transplant within 24 hours.
Read MoreScientists suggest that extended ailments, termed “long colds,” can also arise from non-COVID respiratory infections.
Read MoreThe American Lung Association Research Institute announced a three-year, $500,000 grant to Texas Biomedical Research Institute to help accelerate its efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine.
Read MoreThe nanoparticle vaccine candidate, FluMos-v2, builds on its predecessor FluMos-v1 and is designed to induce antibodies against six flu strains.
Read MoreThe American Lung Association has partnered with Sanofi to educate Americans about the flu and steps they can take to protect themselves from severe flu illness, with the goal of increasing vaccination rates.
Read MoreResearchers have discovered some new and surprising ways that viral RNA and influenza viruses are detected by human lung cells, which have potential implications for treating people affected by such viruses.
Read MoreA new study finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure in adults with preexisting heart conditions or those who were older, Black, or male.
Read MoreA year after discovering that flu vaccines decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 40%, the same research team found that several other common vaccines also provide protective benefits.
Read MoreResearchers demonstrated in mice that molecules in certain vegetables help to maintain a healthy barrier in the lungs and ease infection during illness.
Read MoreThis is the first time that the common respiratory virus has been reported to be associated with blood clots and severe thrombocytopenia, according to researchers.
Read MoreScientists are providing one of the first snapshots of the interplay among these three common but potentially deadly viruses.
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