Tag: Cold

November 24, 2021

A Houston Methodist study showed a rapid return of seasonal respiratory viruses after COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed in Texas, demonstrating the effectiveness of masking, distancing and other precautionary measures at stopping the spread of many respiratory illnesses, not just COVID-19. […]

June 10, 2021

A new study suggests that the rollout of vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be significant not only in preventing infections by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) but other endemic and pandemic-potential coronaviruses (CoVs) […]

October 21, 2020

On 22 October 2020 paediatrician Ellen van der Gaag will receive her PhD for her thesis entitled ‘Health-promoting effects of nutrition in children’. The award ceremony was originally planned for March 2020, but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Van […]

September 28, 2020

What provoked your research into the transmission of viruses, and in particular, that of the coronavirus? As researchers, our mission is to investigate and better understand the flow physics and transmission dynamics of viruses. What mainly provoked our research is […]

June 15, 2020

We have a research program in place, developing chemical tools to probe glycan-binding proteins and we were working with our industry collaborators, Iceni Diagnostics, in the area of diagnostics. Many viruses target glycans (sugars) at various points of their infection […]

May 12, 2020

Vaccination against rotavirus has led to a significant decrease in hospitalizations and deaths of children due to severe diarrhea in the Western Pacific region, a new study has found. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and […]

February 6, 2020

The gold nanoparticle-based probe measures viral RNA in live influenza A cells, according to a study in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. It is the first time in virology that experts have used imaging tools with gold nanoparticles to […]

January 9, 2020

Chinese state media reported today that scientists have identified the virus that is likely to have caused the pneumonia-like illness seen in dozens of people recently in the central city of Wuhan. After identifying a new form of coronavirus (the […]

September 21, 2018

Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology have demonstrated pre-clinical success for a universal flu vaccine in a new paper published in Nature Communications. Influenza is thought to be a highly variable virus, able to mutate and escape […]

November 3, 2017

A vaccine combining centralized ancestral genes from four major influenza strains appears to provide broad protection against the dangerous ailment, according to new research by a team from the Nebraska Center for Virology. Mice protected by the unconventional vaccine survived […]

October 25, 2017

Lori Wallace sits on a couch with her 11-year-old son and his new pet snake. It burrows under his armpit, as if afraid. Wallace is sure it’s not. “If he was terrified, he would be balled up,” Wallace said. “See, […]