Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney have developed a new nasal vaccination strategy that induces potent lung immunity and protection against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The new vaccine approach has been tested successfully in mice and has…

COVID-19 reactivated viruses that had become latent in cells following previous infections, particularly in people with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS. This is the conclusion of a study from Linköping University in Sweden. The results, published in Frontiers…

The method by which a baby was delivered is associated with how its immune system will respond to two key childhood vaccines, research suggests. Babies born naturally were found to have higher antibody levels, compared with those born via Caesarian…

Four companies will share $400,000 in prize money from the Mask Innovation Challenge, a federal government-sponsored competition that encouraged companies to develop masks that are comfortable and provide excellent protection — even after long wear. The aim: to get us…

Children with a severe form of epilepsy should be vaccinated against the flu due to the high risk of seizures being triggered by an influenza infection, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute…

A Texas cardiac subspecialty hospital with seven years of experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) changed its treatment paradigm during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that progressive mobility and a more aggressive application of rehabilitation therapies contributed to significantly higher survival…

Worldwide, more pathogens are becoming resistant to today’s antibiotics. As antibiotics lose their efficacy, infections that were once easy to treat can give rise to fatal illnesses. The National Research Programme “Antimicrobial Resistance” (NRP 72), supported by the Swiss National…

Pediatric benzonatate prescription utilization has increased recently, as have cases involving intentional benzonatate exposure, according to a study published online Nov. 15 in Pediatrics. Ivone Kim, M.D., from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, and colleagues…

Fewer than 6% of high-risk smokers undergo an annual lung cancer screening test as is recommended by health authorities, even though the test can detect early lung cancer when it is still curable, according to a new report from the…

An international team led by Professor Hagai Levine of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Braun School of Public Health, with Prof. Shanna Swan at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, along with researchers in Denmark, Brazil, Spain,…