Flu News Friday: The Latest in Influenza Vaccines
October 23, 2020
FAQs for the 2020–2021 flu season available here. Weekly surveillance for the 2020–2021 flu season is available here; currently, seasonal flu activity is low.
Burden estimates for the 2019–2020 flu season: 39,000,000–56,000,000 flu illnesses, 18,000,000–26,000,000 flu medical visits, 410,000–740,000 flu hospitalizations, and 24,000–62,000 flu deaths.
Surveillance for COVID-19 is available on COVIDView.
1. BiondVax Announces Topline Results from Phase 3 Clinical Trial of the M-001 Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate
BioSpace / October 23, 2020
2. Key details about broadly neutralizing antibodies provide insights for universal flu vaccine
University of Chicago Medical Center, Newswise / October 22, 2020
3. Polyreactive Broadly Neutralizing B cells Are Selected to Provide Defense against Pandemic Threat Influenza Viruses
Guthmiller et al, Immunity / October 22, 2020
4. A Decade in Review: A Systematic Review of Universal Influenza Vaccines in Clinical Trials during the 2010 Decade
Corder et al., Viruses / October 20, 2020
5. Experts: Don’t count on mild flu season amid COVID-19
Mary Van Beusekom, Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy / October 20, 2020
6. This 14-year-old girl won a $25K prize for a discovery that could lead to a cure for Covid-19
Alaa Elassar, CNN / October 19, 2020
7. How do pandemics end? In different ways, but it’s never quick and never neat
Mark Honigsbaum, The Guardian / October 18, 2020
8. Exploring the Potential of T-Cells for a Universal Influenza Vaccine
Vijayanand et al., Vaccines / October 11, 2020
9. Influenza Vaccine for 2020–2021
JAMA / October 2, 2020
10. Cleveland Clinic Study Finds No Association Between Influenza Vaccine and COVID-19 Risk
Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic / September 21, 2020
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