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Bird flu virus is rapidly evolving to evade immune defenses
The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.
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Are we ready for the next pandemic?
Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...
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Structure-Guided Loop Grafting Improves Expression and Stability of Influenza Neuraminidase for Vaccine Development
The authors describe an approach to construct hybrid neuraminidase molecules that express epitopes (loops) of a specific neuraminidase grafted onto another neuraminidase. The loops (epitopes) are from ...
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Antibodies Against H5N1 More Likely in Adults with History of Flu Infections
Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against bird flu (H5N1).
H5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses, research finds
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the ...
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H5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses, UNC Charlotte research finds
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...
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Here's What RFK Jr. Got Wrong About H5N1 Bird Flu
In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in the U.S., raising alarm among public health and infectious disease experts.