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Houston Methodist researchers will be part of a national consortium funded by an up to $49 million award from the U.S. Government鈥檚 Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop a vaccine against two of the most common and destructive strains of herpesviruses that latently infect a majority of Americans and can lead to acute infections, multiple forms of cancer, autoimmune disease and birth defects.

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The question isn鈥檛 if, but when, the next pandemic will hit. Research and observation have identified strong potential for the next pandemic-causing virus to come from one or more of five different virus families.

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A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that thousands of lives could have been saved during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic if convalescent plasma had been used more broadly, particularly in outpatients at high risk for severe disease and in hospitalized patients during their first few days of admission.

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With free COVID-19 rapid tests now shipping to households nationwide, and many other types of at-home medical tests now available, a new study looks at what older adults think about the ability to get answers to medical questions without leaving home.

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The complex shape of respiratory syncytial virus is one hurdle limiting the development of treatments for an infection that leads to hospitalization or worse for hundreds of thousands of people in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New images of the virus from researchers at the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison may hold the key to preventing or slowing RSV infections.

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September usually marks the start of flu season, and with the ongoing threat of COVID-19, it鈥檚 crucial to be vigilant about your family鈥檚 health. The challenge, however, is being able to tell the difference between the flu, the common cold, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19, since all have similar symptoms.

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New findings on how past viral respiratory infections affect future, unrelated ones could lead to therapies for boosting general antiviral immunity鈥攁nd potentially better pandemic preparedness.

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A study of more than 28,000 pregnancies from 2022 has found that the majority of pregnant people received the COVID-19 vaccine during its initial release.

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In a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health, University of Georgia researchers found that natural immunity from previous flu infections has a significant impact on how well future influenza vaccinations work.

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Experts from Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children鈥檚 are available to discuss a range of pediatric topics, including infectious diseases, adolescent weight management and the latest pediatric research coming out of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) annual conference happening Sept. 27-Oct. 1 in Orlando, Florida.

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If it鈥檚 autumn, then it must be influenza season, which means it鈥檚 time to consider flu shots for your family.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Academy of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Society of America recommend that everyone approved to receive a flu shot get one鈥攊ncluding children ages 6 months and older.

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Prof. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD RN Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, joined a diverse group of leaders at the White House today to shine the spotlight on the largely invisible HIV crisis in the Latino community.

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Scientists have found that the naked mole-rat 鈥� an underground rodent that lives up to 40 years 鈥� has lost a number of CD1 functional genes. The CD1 gene family in mammals is responsible for protein synthesis that protects the body against infectious diseases. The findings indicate that the naked mole-rat鈥檚 immune system has significantly realigned and is using other 鈥� CD1-independent 鈥� molecular mechanisms. The results of the studies, supported by the Grants of Presidential program of the Russian Science Fund (RSF), were published in the Biology Direct magazine.

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With data from extensive genomic surveys of the syphilis bacterium 鈥� correlated with clinical information from patients 鈥� an international team of researchers and doctors are on the hunt for proteins on the surface of the microbe that don鈥檛 vary and could be good targets for a much-needed vaccine