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The researchers found that switching obese mice to a healthy diet before flu vaccination completely protected them from a lethal dose of flu, despite their BMI (Body Mass Index). However, changing

Poor metabolic health or dysfunction, not obesity, leads to poor anti-influenza immune responses. Learn about the new St. Jude influenza vaccination research.

Poor metabolic health or dysfunction, not obesity, leads to poor anti-influenza immune responses. Learn about the new St. Jude influenza vaccination research.

Infection with the influenza virus leads to lung injury through inflammation over-activation that causes collateral damage to cells required for breathing.

Findings show a newly created drug can prevent runaway inflammation while still allowing the immune system to handle the virus, even when given late into infect

Findings show a newly created drug can prevent runaway inflammation while still allowing the immune system to handle the virus, even when given late into infect

In a startling twist, bird flu has found a new host in cows, sparking concerns about its spread and potential impact on humans.

A study about the research was uploaded to the bioRxiv servers.

H5N1 virus with genes from H1N1 can spread through the air between mammals. Ed Yong 02 May 2013 Researchers have crossed two strains of avian flu virus to create one that can be transmitted through the air — and possibly settle on the cilia of lung cells as in this conceptual image. KARSTEN SCHNEIDER/SCIENCE PHOTO…

St. Jude graduate students research how the flu impacts vulnerable populations.