In 2010, porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1) material was unexpectedly detected in the oral live-attenuated human rotavirus (RV) vaccine, Rotarix™ (GSK Vaccines, Belgium). An initial study (NCT01511133) found no immunologic response against PCV1 in 40 vaccinated infants.

The rare cases of myocarditis among recipients of mRNA vaccines are caused by a generalized immune-cell and inflammatory response, researchers say.

Scientists are increasingly recognising that COVID-19 can have lasting and debilitating neurological symptoms, as well as causing structural changes to the brain.

A loop in mitochondria—organelles within cells that produce energy for the body—may allow cells to retreat up the path of differentiation.

Study: SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Viral Fusogens Cause Neuronal and Glial Fusion that Compromises Neuronal Activity (https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/06/study-sars-cov-2-infection-and-viral.html) (https://qbi.uq.edu.au/article/2023/06/covid-19-can-cause-brain-cells-%E2%80%98fuse%E2%80%99) Image ...

Sowerby's beaked whales tend to spend their time on the North Atlantic's continental shelf, making it rare for them to make appearances or get stranded in shallow waters. Read to learn more.

Around the country, vaccine policy is on hold while lawmakers recover from a pandemic-policy hangover.

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Age-related declines in immune response pose a challenge in combating diseases later in life. Influenza (flu) infection remains a significant burden on older populations and often results in catastrophic disability in those who survive infection.

As background for the remainder of the report, this chapter presents a brief history of ME/CFS, a discussion of the terminology used for this illness, and a summary of the burden it imposes in the United States.

The latest Swine Disease Reporting System report has some people scratching their heads. For the first time in recent memory, porcine circovirus type 2 jumped into the top 10 most-diagnosed diseases list at the ISU VDL.

Federal health advisers are backing a first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine to protect newborns by immunizing their moms late in pregnancy. The virus fills hospitals with wheezing babies each winter. Pfizer's research shows a late-pregnancy shot is 82% effective at preventing severe RSV in the infants'...

Palmer et al. present interim findings from their clinical trial; they describe the reactogenicity and immunogenicity results of a self-amplifying mRNA SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccine within an older population (≥60 years of age).

The highly pathogenic bird flu that has been spreading around the world since 2020, devastating wild and domestic birds, and sometimes even sparking outbreaks in mammals, could eventually adapt to spread easily among humans.

There has been a call for urgent action to protect wild birds in Northern Ireland from avian influenza.

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Trials in dogs with an inherited eye disease indicate that a gene therapy is ready for development into a treatment for human patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

US Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has introduced legislation to phase out US mink farms within one year and establish a grant program to reimburse farmers for the full value of their operations.

The loss of about 10,000 bits of genetic information over the course of our evolutionary history differentiates humans from chimpanzees.

Experts reached a consensus that there’s a roughly 20 percent chance during the next two years of an outbreak rivaling the onslaught of illness from omicron.

Anti-vaccine activists always want a "debate" about vaccine safety and effectiveness, but it is already settled science based on evidence.