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Influenza

Two black and white dairy cows standing in a green pasture come extremely close to the camera lens

Q+A

What's happening with dairy cows and bird flu?

Published April 15, 2024

Though the virus is circulating in dairy cows, human exposure remains low, Johns Hopkins public health experts say

A child receives a vaccine

Q+A

What's in store for the upcoming respiratory virus season?

Published July 31, 2023

Johns Hopkins epidemiologist David Dowdy says vaccines and a preventive drug for RSV offer hope for a healthier fall and winter

A nasal spray bottle being sprayed

Health care innovations

Simple spray could keep COVID away

Published Jan 12, 2023

Hopkins engineers have developed a method to prevent harmful viruses from entering the lungs, blocking the spread of COVID-19 and influenza with a nasal spray

Seasonal flu

Fast-spreading mutation helps common flu subtype escape human immune response

Published July 15, 2020

Unlike the novel coronavirus, which has been shown to mutate slowly, strains of influenza virus have acquired a mutation that blocks antibodies from binding to a key viral protein, making vaccine development more complex

Vaccine vile and needle

Studies to explore immune responses to flu shots

Published Nov 6, 2018

Johns Hopkins gets $8M NIH grant to look at differences in how men, women respond to flu shots

HEALTH+WELLNESS

Free flu shots for Hopkins community

Published Oct 24, 2018

There's still time for students, faculty, and staff to get vaccinated before flu season begins

Artist's rendering of influenza molecule

Immunology

Why men might recover from the flu faster than women

Published July 17, 2018

Male mice infected with influenza produce more of a growth factor protein that promotes lung healing

Flu fighters

Free flu shots for JHU employees begin Oct. 20

Published Sept 29, 2014

Vaccination sessions scheduled through Nov. 13 at several locations

Fight the flu

Free flu shots for JHU employees

Published Oct 17, 2013

Vaccination sessions are scheduled through Nov. 13 at several locations

Using Twitter to track the flu

Published Jan 24, 2013

Researchers find a better way to screen the tweets