Despite a relatively slow start to respiratory disease season, low vaccination rates threaten that trend and the rapid rise of some illnesses is already putting children at increased risk. Overall, ...

While spring has officially begun, concerns about respiratory viruses are lingering longer than usual, with cases of ...

The updated guideline also strongly recommends RSV vaccination in adults and adolescents with compromised immunity. RSV ...

Until recently, COVID-19 seemed to be a harmless pathogen of minor outbreaks of unremarkable and mild acute respiratory (or intestinal) diseases. At the same time, many similar microorganisms lived in ...

Respiratory medicine has increasingly recognized the critical influence of respiratory viral infections on the development and exacerbation of chronic ...

Vaccines work by triggering your immune system to build up your body’s natural defenses. They help you fight off infections when you’re exposed to respiratory pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic brought ...

In a recent study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers reviewed the impact of the interactions between the respiratory microbiota and the immune system. The human body houses over ...

Advances in understanding cardiovascular disease drivers make it possible to move care upstream. Health systems and policy ...