Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new, proof-of-concept vaccine to protect people from the ...

Getting the flu is more than just uncomfortable—it can actually cause serious health complications (and even death) for older ...

A promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza, is the use of attenuated, live viruses as vaccines. However, the usefulness of traditional live-attenuated ...

The approval of the new nasal spray comes ahead of this year's influenza season in hopes to prevent the unusually high ...

Starting Friday, Americans can order the nasal spray flu vaccine online and have it shipped directly to their home.

“Delivery of the vaccine to the respiratory tract provides upfront, initial immune response,” Gauger said. Gauger said the live attenuated influenza virus vaccines may also provide better control of ...

In the 2007-2008 flu season, the inactivated vaccine was more effective than the live attenuated vaccine in preventing laboratory-confirmed symptomatic influenza A (mostly H3N2) in healthy adults.

Prior to the nasal administration of the live-attenuated flu vaccine candidate called NS1 (1-126)-ΔPAX, the animals were primed with a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) as a vaccine delivery ...

An example is the nasal spray flu vaccine, which is a live/attenuated vaccine. People who would be at risk from a live vaccine are advised to get another form of flu vaccine, such as the typical ...

However, the usefulness of traditional live-attenuated virus vaccines has often been limited by suboptimal immunogenicity, safety concerns, or cumbersome manufacturing processes and techniques.