University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFConvergent evolutionary mechanisms shared by COVID-19 variants allow them to overcome both adaptive and innate immune system barriers.
Recommendations are in place for the updated COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
The FDA recently approved the world’s first vaccines to prevent RSV for infants and elderly adults.
A new report from the Lancet Commission on tuberculosis releases recommendations, providing a path forward to turn the tide on this preventable, treatable and curable disease.
Long COVID symptoms can persist for a year after initial infection, or re-emerge months later after disappearing.
A common mutation can help people infected with the COVID-19 virus avoid developing any symptoms.
Deaths among older adults with dementia fell starkly in nursing homes and long-term care centers after COVID-19 vaccinations became available, but remained high for those living at home.
A short course of antibiotics, Doxy-PEP, can prevent some STIs after condomless sex.