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    New clues raise hopes for better treatment of RSV in babies

    2026-07-15T10:02:00Z

    Future therapies for respiratory syncytial virus must target both the virus and its immune response to ensure babies get the best possible outcomes, finds a new study that developed a lab model of baby lungs to show why RSV makes infants so much sicker than adults.

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    Specific nasal cells protect against COVID-19 in children

    2024-04-15T10:00:00Z

    Important differences in how the nasal cells of young and elderly people respond to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, could explain why children typically experience milder COVID-19 symptoms, a new study finds.