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This year’s flu season may be just as bad as last year’s—and we still don’t have a universal vaccine

Andrea Michelson |
With the deadly 2017-2018 flu season still fresh in public health officials’ minds, this year’s outbreak is shaping up to be ...
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Gates Foundation awards $12 million to teams hunting for universal flu vaccine

Helen Branswell |
Scientific teams from inside and outside the world of influenza research have been awarded funding to try to unlock mysteries ...
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Drug weapons: Computer designed proteins prepare to battle the next pandemic

Ian Haydon |
Researchers are using computer modeling to design new antiviral proteins that could slow down, or stop, global outbreaks of deadly ...