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Vaccinations: is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism in a weakened or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, it helps prevent sickness from an infectious disease.
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AUG 27, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A new universal flu vaccine is effective against both influenza A and B viruses in mice. The corresponding study was pub ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 25, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 25, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Traditional flu vaccines contain deactivated copies of the influenza virus. This deactivated virus allows your body to l ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 21, 2022Cancer
Today, August 21, marks the 260th anniversary of the passing of a pioneer in the medical field. In 1762, Lady Mary ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 20, 2022Health & Medicine
Some people who may not normally worry about disease may take greater steps to protect themselves against COVID-19 if th ...Written By: Kerry CharronAUG 16, 2022Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has mutated many times into new variants, some that we don't hear about, while others ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2022Immunology
For the second time this year and only the fourth time ever, researchers have announced that a person has been cured of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2022Health & Medicine
Researchers and clinicians have found that when people are hospitalized with COVID-19, they are more likely to develop l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread through the air when a person ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 11, 2022Cancer
In 1938, Dr. Roy Plunkett made an accidental discovery! He observed tetrafluoroethylene spontaneously polymerize i ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 09, 2022Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas Disease is caused by a parasite called T. cruzi. Primarily found in Latin America, it is transmitted to humans by ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 07, 2022Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A singular injection of a monoclonal antibody treatment candidate has been shown as safe and highly protective in US adu ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 06, 2022Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 02, 2022Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2022Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2022Health & Medicine
The most comprehensive analysis of menstrual changes following a Covid-19 vaccination has revealed that its recipients e ...Written By: Joshua AehJUL 24, 2022Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2022Health & Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has continued to evolve since the start of the pandemic, and we've moved down the list of variants ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2022Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 10, 2022Health & Medicine
Now that we’ve made it to the summer of 2022, about 2 and a half years after the pandemic started in the U.S., it& ...Written By: Alexandria Bass
AUG 27, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A new universal flu vaccine is effective against both influenza A and B viruses in mice. The corresponding study was pub
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 25, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 25, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Traditional flu vaccines contain deactivated copies of the influenza virus. This deactivated virus allows your body to l
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 21, 2022
Cancer
Today, August 21, marks the 260th anniversary of the passing of a pioneer in the medical field. In 1762, Lady Mary
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Some people who may not normally worry about disease may take greater steps to protect themselves against COVID-19 if th
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
AUG 16, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has mutated many times into new variants, some that we don't hear about, while others
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Immunology
For the second time this year and only the fourth time ever, researchers have announced that a person has been cured of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
Researchers and clinicians have found that when people are hospitalized with COVID-19, they are more likely to develop l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread through the air when a person
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 11, 2022
Cancer
In 1938, Dr. Roy Plunkett made an accidental discovery! He observed tetrafluoroethylene spontaneously polymerize i
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 09, 2022
Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas Disease is caused by a parasite called T. cruzi. Primarily found in Latin America, it is transmitted to humans by
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A singular injection of a monoclonal antibody treatment candidate has been shown as safe and highly protective in US adu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
The most comprehensive analysis of menstrual changes following a Covid-19 vaccination has revealed that its recipients e
...
Written By:
Joshua Aeh
JUL 24, 2022
Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2022
Health & Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has continued to evolve since the start of the pandemic, and we've moved down the list of variants
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2022
Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Now that we’ve made it to the summer of 2022, about 2 and a half years after the pandemic started in the U.S., it&
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass