By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the canine influenza virus H3N2 (CIV H3N2) outbreak in Los Angeles County, officials report a total of 279 confirmed cases and 120 suspected cases of CIV H3N2 in dogs in the county between July and September 22, 2021.

The ease and effectiveness of the new vaccine may lead to a new way to deliver vaccines that is painless, less invasive than a shot with a needle and can be self-administered.

Nature’s ultra low-power, ultra-sensitive detector arrays, also known as our retinas, should be the envy of smartphones everywhere.

A 26-year-old woman in southern China has died of H5N6 bird flu amid a rise in isolated cases, health officials in Hong Kong reported on Wednesday. Three other cases were reported earlier this month.The Hong Kong Department of Health said it was notified about the case in Guilin, a city in the Guangxi...

India had earlier protested the UK's non-recognition of the Covishield vaccine and warned of “reciprocal measures” if the ‘discriminatory police was not amended.

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As influenza season approaches, some universities in the United States are requiring students and faculty members to receive flu shots.

Heart attack survivors who used an app to help with medication management and lifestyle changes were far less likely to be readmitted to the hospital.

The microbiota is known to modulate the host response to influenza infection through as-yet-unclear mechanisms. We hypothesized that components of the microbiota exert effects through type I interf...

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After almost vanishing, the seasonal flu may return this fall, a top medical expert warns, urging people not to confuse it with COVID-19 – which has been...

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Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert urges ministers to send third doses to countries where only a small number of people have been jabbed...

In this update, information on SARS-CoV-2 virus detections from sentinel and non-sentinel surveillance performed by GISRS and GISRS-associated influenza surveillance systems and reported to FluNet is included in addition to the routine influenza surveillance information.

Pfizer Inc said on Monday it had dosed the first patient in a trial testing a flu vaccine based on messenger RNA, the same technology used in the COVID-19 shots made by the U.S. drugmaker and BioNTech .

Similar to Covid, other viruses can cause prolonged symptoms that take time to get over.