NIAID announces two awards for multi-year studies of influenza immunity in children

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has announced two awards for the study of influenza immunity in children. The awards, which may total more than $64 million over seven years, will support studies led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, examining how young children's immune systems respond over multiple years to their initial influenza infection and their first vaccination.