Background. The incidence of serogroup C and Y meningococcal disease increased in the United States during the 1990s. The cyclical nature of endemic meningococcal disease remains unexplained. The ...

Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein. Now, researchers have proposed a new explanation for the evolutionary forces that ...

In 2009, the world saw the first influenza pandemic in more than forty years in the form of the H1N1 strain. Although response to this variant was fast and a vaccine quickly developed, the fight ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed antigenic variety across the significant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, like ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Influenza vaccines, masking and other infection prevention methods are effective control measures. Still, ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

A new study shows how pathogens control changes in their cell surface to evade the immune system. A new study by LMU and Helmholtz Munich shows how pathogens control changes in their cell surface to ...

The Omicron variant is spreading across the globe, but so far the strain appears to be less deadly than its predecessors. That’s good news, but here’s a risk that policy makers in every country should ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, a group of researchers in Germany developed and validated a comprehensive fitness model that forecasts Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 ...