The Influenza Vaccines Roadmap provides a much-needed framework for organizing the efforts of existing influenza researchers while identifying a wide range of opportunities that will encourage new investigators to join the work.

The report provides useful guidance to professionals at human, animal, and wildlife health agencies; academic researchers; and medical practitioners who will be tasked with responding to any human or non-cervid animal chronic wasting disease spillover.

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP; "SID-wrap") is a global leader in addressing public health preparedness and emerging infectious disease response. Founded in 2001, CIDRAP is part of the Research and Innovation Office at the University of Minnesota. CIDRAP works to ...

3 days ago · Few of the many nonpharmacologic efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes during the pandemic were evidence-based, and vaccinations and antiviral drugs were underused, concludes a scoping review published late last week in JAMA Health Forum.. Boston University–led researchers analyzed the federal COVID-19 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Database to determine trends over ...

1 day ago · In "Responding to Shock, Awe, and Censorship" Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall provide updates on the latest news in the federal government and how it is impacting public health locally and globally. Dr. Osterholm also discusses the latest developments in H5N1 avian flu and answers an ID query about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas. Anatomy of a Failure: Why This Latest Vaccine-Autism Paper is ...

Jan 8, 2025 · Diana Parkhouse / Unsplash. With funding from the Minnesota legislature, CIDRAP’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) program has initiated a collaboration with national and international experts to draft comprehensive, authoritative guidance for a spillover to humans or non-cervid production animals. CIDRAP’s approach is unique in that no other governmental agency, organization, or academic ...

Oct 11, 2024 · Jan 8, 2025 CIDRAP announces the release a detailed, state-of-the-art report on preparedness and response gaps and needs should chronic wasting disease (CWD) jump from cervids such as deer to farm animals or people.. Oct 27, 2024 Advancing influenza vaccines: A review of next-generation candidates and their potential for global health impact paper published in Vaccine is co-authored by Julie ...

Jan 23, 2025 · In "Drinking From a Fire Hose: Are We Drowning?" Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss recent actions taken by the Trump administration, most notably the decision to leave the World Health Organization. Dr. Osterholm also shares his thoughts on the developing H5N1 crisis and provides an update on respiratory virus transmission in the U.S. and around the world.

1 day ago · Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant confers weak, short-term protection against reinfection, compared with the much more robust and durable protection provided by earlier variants, which highlights the need for periodic vaccine updates, a Cornell University Qatar–led study suggests.. The researchers used a test-negative, case-control study design to compare the efficacy of SARS-CoV ...

Feb 21, 2023 · In the Vaccine summary, the CVR group raises the possibility of making a universal coronavirus that could be stockpiled and used as needed. However, they also described a "tiered approach," starting with a variant-proof SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, then working up to vaccines that protect against broader coronavirus families, starting with sarbecoviruses and working up to betacoronaviruses, then all ...