These studies are a key component of NIAID's strategic plan for developing a universal influenza vaccine.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 NIAID Announces Two Awards for Multi-Year Studies of Influenza Immunity in Children NIAID has granted two awards to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to study immunologic imprinting of influenza—the first encounter that a child's immune system has with the influenza virus, or a vaccine. This research addresses an important knowledge gap outlined in NIAID's strategic plan to develop a universal flu vaccine, and may yield important insight into how vaccines could provide broader, more durable protection. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107