In this study, researchers added a second genetic sequence to the classic mRNA vaccine. One sequence instructs the body to produce the vaccine antigen, while the other codes for a virus-like particle.

A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

Mr. Quammen is a science writer and the author of the forthcoming book “Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.” The Covid-19 pandemic has been a lesson in speed — the ...

Yet unlike other commonplace infections such as seasonal flu and COVID, no vaccine exists to help people avoid being sidelined by norovirus, a notoriously transmissible and resilient virus that is ...

All vaccines work by training our immune systems to recognise a harmless piece of a virus or bacteria so that when the real thing is encountered later, the immune system is prepared to defeat it ...

And Vaxart's vaccine isn't the only one in the pipeline, nor is it the furthest along. Moderna has a norovirus vaccine in a Phase 3 trial , which is a larger study that will look at efficacy.

A temperature-sensitive baculovirus modification, BacFree ts, enables production of virus-like particle vaccines in insect cells with up to 99.97% less baculovirus contamination.

In 2015, the Zika virus — which had previously rarely infected humans — suddenly spread rapidly, leading to more than a million cases over two years. Even worse, scientists observed a ...

Health Norovirus vaccine pill shows promise against 'winter vomiting' bug. Most people recover from norovirus, a highly contagious infection, within a few days but it can be particularly risky for ...

In October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that high-risk adults get a second updated Covid vaccine to bolster their protection against the virus. The agency now ...

Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain. Mpox’s rapid spread in Africa raises concerns it may now be more infectious and more severe ...