FluMist is a live, attenuated vaccine, meaning it contains weakened versions of influenza A and B viruses. These weakened ...

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The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

FluMist is a live, attenuated influenza vaccine containing a weakened flu virus for the three vaccine strains. It’s approved for children as young as 2 years and adults up to age 49. “Instead of an ...

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AuraVax collaborates with Codagenix Inc. to demonstrate NanoSTING-002 with intranasal live-attenuated vaccines ... as a candidate for a pandemic influenza vaccine. The two companies will test ...

Right now, only healthcare providers can administer the spray. So, exactly what is FluMist? It is a live influenza vaccine ...

An epidemiologist makes the case that a rush of research to stop a swine flu outbreak led to an accidental lab release of an ...

Two strains of influenza A, H1N1 and H3N2, affect people. Scientists always include these strains in the annual flu vaccine ... The flu virus can live on some surfaces for up to 48 hours.

The first influenza vaccine was a monovalent live-attenuated vaccine, which was used in Russia until recently. In 1940, a second strain of influenza virus was isolated; this was named influenza B ...

AuraVax Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing novel immunotherapies to prevent and treat respiratory pathogens, today announced it has been awarded a preclinical research contract with the Division ...

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