Flu News Friday: The Latest in Influenza Vaccines

The Influenzer Initiative
2 min readFeb 14, 2020

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February 14, 2020

Surveillance Update: 250,000 hospitalizations and 14,000 deaths including
92 pediatric deaths so far this season from influenza

1. A Real Solution for Airport Security: Keep calm and wash your hands.

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic / February 14, 2020

2. Scientists offered €1,000 to publish null results

Jack Grove, The World University Rankings / February 12, 2020

3. Mass General Hospital researchers identify new “universal” target for antiviral treatment

Noah Brown, Massachusetts General Hospital / February 11, 2020

4. The company bringing scientists into the gig economy

Jack Leeming, Nature / February 7, 2020

5. Tweaking influenza’s sugar attachment

Letizia Diamante, Nature Middle East / February 7, 2020

6. How Does the New Coronavirus Compare with the Flu?

Rachael Rettner, Scientific American / February 7, 2020

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