Universal flu vaccine could protect against all known strains of influenza

Universal flu vaccine could protect against all known strains of influenza

JUST IN: #BNNUS Reports.  An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known strains of influenza A and B in animal tests, raising hopes for developing a universal flu vaccine.

The vaccine employs the same messenger RNA (mRNA)technology used in the COVID-19 shots developed by Pfizer PFE.N with BioNTech 22UAy.DE, and by Moderna MRNA.O.

“The idea here is to have a vaccine that will give people a baseline level of immune memory to diverse flu strains, so that there will be far less disease and death when the next flu pandemic occurs,” study leader Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania said in a statement.