April 7, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 7, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Influenza

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Can viral infections lead on to cancer recurrence?

A study suggests that a viral infection such as influenza and SARS/CoV-2 can set off an inflammatory cascade that “wakes up” the sleeping cancer cells located in distant organs such as lungs and bone marrow, leading them to proliferate

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HealthImmunisationInfluenzaPublic Health

No mismatch between circulating flu strains and vaccine strains

WHO recommends the influenza strains to be used in the vaccine for the coming flu seasons months in advance based

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Communicable diseaseInfluenzaPublic Health

False alarm: On the outbreak of influenza-like illness in China

Nearly four years after the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province in China, resulting in

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InfluenzaResearch

Influenza virus might have marine origin with fish as early host

Influenza viruses can infect all classes of fish, and Siberian sturgeon may have served as early, if not the first, hosts of influenza virus before it spilled over into mammals

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