A new antibody therapy effectively protects monkeys from severe H5N1 avian flu, offering hope for a universal flu vaccine and ...

"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an ...

During the COVID pandemic, RSV showed a slightly odd pattern: like flu, it basically disappeared in the 2020–2021 season, ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have taken a step toward developing a bird flu vaccine. And their findings could ...

All nine macaques given the control developed severe disease when exposed to bird flu, as did all given the smallest dose of ...

The research team, studying the efficacy of a preventive antibody-based therapy, found it successfully protects monkeys from ...

an effective seasonal flu vaccine must be reformulated yearly to match the dominant strain. Antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin stalk region that is preserved across different influenza isolates, ...

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of ...

The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 infection has killed millions of birds around the world, and has spread to humans ...

Antibody-based immune therapy could become a key weapon in the fight against bird flu after trials in monkeys successfully prevented severe illness and death from the infection. The preventative ...

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.