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In contrast to a recent Dutch preprint that cast doubt on the efficacy of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos (modified vaccinia Ankara [MVA]) vaccine to produce significant neutralizing antibodies to monkeypox, the company has released its own preprint study showing that single and two-dose Jynneos vaccinations administered subcutaneously induced durable neutralizing antibody responses in healthy volunteers.

Nearly a third of infants who are hospitalized with a severe form of a common childhood lung infection called bronchiolitis develop asthma a few years later. However, clinicians have been unable to predict which infants with severe bronchiolitis are at high risk for developing asthma and to understand why. Now, a NIAID-funded study published in the journal Nature Communications has taken a step toward accomplishing this.

Every day we inhale thousands of potentially pathogenic fungal spores, but our immune system simply eliminates them. However, in people with compromised immunity, such as transplant and cancer patients, as well as hospitalized patients in intensive care, the interaction between pathogen and host may be quite different.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., making up 25% of cancer deaths. With obesity rates simultaneously rising, researchers have investigated the connections between cancer risk and body mass index (BMI). Unlike most other cancer types, where higher BMI is associated with increased risk of cancer, research has established that people with higher BMI paradoxically have lower rates of lung cancer diagnosis.

99% of the global population breathes in polluted air daily.

As one component of our work to ensure we follow federal, state, and city recommendations on indoor air quality and ventilation in our buildings, Boston Public Schools has installed Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) sensors in all classrooms in schools.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have shown that a hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a protein linked to Parkinson's disease and halts movement problems in mice.

Health officials noted that “for every one case of paralytic polio observed, there may be hundreds of other people infected."

The emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) from indoor building and vehicle cabin materials can adversely affect human health.

About 20-40% of adults with symptoms of COPD – but not the disease itself – use these types of long-lasting inhalers.