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      Nature Outlook: Influenza

      Nature Outlook: Influenza

      • September 18, 2019
      Influenza
      Public Health

      Influenza

      • September 18, 2019 — Herb Brody
      Toward a Universal Flu Vaccine
      Medicine

      Toward a Universal Flu Vaccine

      A better understanding of the immune response to influenza is driving progress toward vaccines that protect against both seasonal and pandemic flu strains

      • September 18, 2019 — Michael Eisenstein
      Q&A: Keeping Antivirals Viable
      Public Health

      Q&A: Keeping Antivirals Viable

      Like all microorganisms, viruses can develop resistance to the drugs meant to treat them and not only in clinical situations. The rise of environmental resistance to antiviral drugs is a potential disaster we can avert, argues Josef Järhult of Uppsala University in Sweden, especially when it comes to influenza A, the virus that can lead to a human flu pandemic...

      • September 18, 2019 — Naomi Lubick
      The Push for Better Flu Therapies
      Medicine

      The Push for Better Flu Therapies

      Understanding how the influenza virus replicates inside the body is helping researchers develop a wider range of antiviral drugs

      September 18, 2019 — Neil Savage

      A Sticking Point for Rapid Flu Tests?
      Biotech

      A Sticking Point for Rapid Flu Tests?

      Rapid molecular tests for influenza are as quick as older on-the-spot tests and much more accurate. But that might not be enough to drive widespread adoption

      September 18, 2019 — Elizabeth Svoboda

      Real-Time Flu Tracking
      Biotech

      Real-Time Flu Tracking

      Scientists can track influenza in real time by monitoring social media, leading to more accurate predictions

      September 18, 2019 — Charles Schmidt

      Accelerating Flu Protection
      Medicine

      Accelerating Flu Protection

      Can the latest techniques speed up the dangerously slow production of flu vaccines?

      September 18, 2019 — Eric Bender

      Flu on the Farm
      Public Health

      Flu on the Farm

      Farms help to spread influenza, but they might be an early-warning system for the next human pandemic

      September 18, 2019 — Cassandra Willyard

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      Sanofi Pasteur: Fighting Influenza by Improving Today and Innovating for Tomorrow
      Medicine

      Sanofi Pasteur: Fighting Influenza by Improving Today and Innovating for Tomorrow

      September 18, 2019 — Timothy Alefantis, Mario Barro, Iris De Bruijn, Philippe-Alexandre Gilbert, Ana Goncalvez, Rosalind Hollingsworth, Harold Kleanthous, Armaghan Naik, Konstantin Pugachev, Deborah Rudin, John Shiver, Saranya Sridhar, William Warren and Jianxin Zhang

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