influenza, disease & medicine, immunology

By studying influenza in mice and cells, researchers identify a glucose metabolism pathway critical to the dysregulated immune response that kills many infectious disease patients, including those with COVID-19.

Mice exposed to heat wave temperatures ate less and showed weakened immune responses to the virus.

Numerous experimental vaccines that aim to provide multi-season protection are in human studies.

Vaccination reduced the risk of death by two-thirds for children with no other health problems.