Aubree Gordon, professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health, has been awarded a $6.7 million five-year grant to advance her innovative research into influenza immunity development among children.
US flu vaccines are likely to move from quadrivalent to trivalent due to a change in circulating influenza viruses, says University of Michigan School of Public Health researcher Arnold Monto.
The Food and Drug Administration’s expert vaccine advisory panel on Thursday unanimously endorsed the idea of taking a strain of influenza viruses that no longer appears to circulate out of flu shots as quickly as possible, pressing the FDA and manufacturers to try to get the work done on an expedited timeline.
In this New York Times opinion article, Aubree Gordon, associate professor of Epidemiology, discusses the respiratory viruses we'll likely see this winter.
According to a new study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, while there have been major advances over the last decade in an effort to improve the effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine, innovative approaches are needed to significantly improve vaccine effectiveness. Study author Arnold Monto, professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, discusses the findings.
A new study seeks to better understand how behavioral and environmental factors affect the transmission of respiratory viruses in child care settings. Called MITIGATE FLU (Multidisciplinary InvesTIGation to Ease inFLUenza), the research is a collaboration between Virginia Tech, the University of Michigan, Emory University and the University of Pittsburgh.