A universal flu vaccine could rule out the need for an annual flu shot Universal Images Group via Getty
FED up with this whole pandemic business? Unfortunately, another one could start any day. In particular, a flu pandemic remains an ever-present threat.
“It’s not a question of if, but when,” says Peter Palese at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. That is why he and many others are trying to develop a vaccine to tackle the next flu pandemic before it even starts – a so-called universal flu vaccine that protects against all flu viruses.…
