MedicalXpress.com – Vaccines

Vaccines save millions of lives every year, but there is still an urgent need for more efficient vaccines. Strategies to combat serious outbreaks of viral infections are particularly important. Such infections are initiated at mucosal […]

A life-saving meningococcal vaccine covering all five common strains of the deadly disease could soon be available thanks to vital research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of a combination Men ABCWY vaccine.This post was originally […]

An international research team led by Oregon Health & Science University discovered a temporary increase in menstrual cycle length of less than one day associated with receiving the influenza vaccine, either alone or alongside a […]

Recently, Prof. Si Longlong’s team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences constructed a library of live-attenuated influenza A vaccines that utilize diverse E3 ubiquitin ligases to degrade viral […]

Trinity College Dublin researchers have found that the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine may offer protection beyond its intended primary target. In a study recently published in the Clinical Immunology journal, researchers found that the vaccine not […]

Sydney scientists have revealed why receiving a booster vaccine in the same arm as your first dose can generate a more effective immune response more quickly. The study, led by the Garvan Institute of Medical […]

Filoviruses are among the globe’s most lethal—indeed, so dangerous they can be handled only in high-security laboratories. Yet, more than five decades after the discovery of the Marburg virus and nearly 50 years after the […]

The seasonal timing of when infants receive the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization is crucial for ensuring its effectiveness, according to Yale research published in JAMA Network Open.This post was originally published on this […]

Childhood vaccination rates have been falling in the United States, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lower levels of immunity have resulted in a resurgence of measles cases, including a recent outbreak in […]

University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to prevent the buildup of pathological tau—a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s dementia.This post […]