Nanoparticle Vaccine Technology Helps Boost Flu Cross-Protection and Improve Immune Responses, Giving New Approaches to Immunization

Medicine & Technology Jul 11, 2024

A recent study found that nanoparticle vaccines enhance influenza cross-protection through cellular and mucosal immune responses. Learn about this breakthrough in vaccine technology.

Influenza Flu Vaccine Recommended for People Aged 6 Months and Older To Avoid ‘Twindemic’

Sep 06, 2021

The vaccine shots may not be considered a hundred percent protection, although they reduce the disease severity, as well as the risk of deaths related to flu.

Teen’s Death Demonstrates The Dangers of This Year’s Flu

Jan 03, 2015

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the death of an otherwise healthy 17-year-old girl only highlights the severity of this year's influenza outbreak. Shannon Zwanziger seemed like a perfectly health teenager. She was active and rarely got sick; in fact, she had not even seen a doctor in more than three years. Then, she came down with the flu. Within only a week of fighting the virus, she was dead.