Virology 101
…The abundant and diverse viruses of the seas Chikungunya: An exotic virus on the move Lujo virus, a new hemorrhagic fever virus from Southern Africa The error-prone ways of RNA…
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US to redirect $1 billion to study adjuvant for influenza vaccine
…influenza strain, and to conduct clinical trials this summer to determine if an adjuvant can be used. If this money is being taken away from research projects, then it’s a…
An open letter to PLoS One
…one in a series of papers highlighting results from the PACE study, the largest trial of treatments for the illness, also known as ME/CFS. Psychologist James Coyne has been seeking…
A new drug for influenza
…approved by the FDA? Xofluza underwent randomized, double-blind controlled phase 2 and 3 clinical trials to determine dosage and to test efficacy compared with an existing drug, oseltamivir. Patients with…
Heterologous Vaccine Regimens Might be Better
…trial where each participant was randomly assigned to an experimental group or a control group. Randomizing trial participants eliminates unwanted effects that have nothing to do with the variables being…
Pills for COVID-19
…to block SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets. Interim results in 775 patients of a phase 3 clinical trial with molnupiravir show that the drug reduced hospitalization or death about 50% compared…