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Atypical B cells and inflammatory profiles delineate immunity to influenza vaccination in First Nations and non-Indigenous people with chronic multimorbidity

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By Morgan Skinner, Lukasz Kedzierski, Ruth Purcell, Mark Mayo, Bianca F. Middleton, Lilith F Allen, Ruth R. Hagen, Matilda Clark, Caitlin Kent, Malet Aban, Heidi A. Peck, Hayley A. McQuilten, Arnold Reynaldi, Ashleigh Holloway, Angelica Tan, Vanessa Rigas, Miles P Davenport, Stephen J. Kent, Ian Barr, Hyon-Xhi Tan, Adam K. Wheatley, Amy Chung, Jane Nelson, Adrian Miller, Thi Nguyen, Jane Davies, Louise C. Rowntree, Katherine Kedzierska, Alexandra Hinchcliff, Erin Gargen
| Nature Verified
Abstract Indigenous people are disproportionately impacted by influenza viruses and chronic multimorbidity. Yet, the impact of comorbidities on immunity towards influenza vaccination is unknown. We recruited Australian First Nations and non-Indigenous people vaccinated with seasonal inactivated influenza vaccines and assessed their humoral and cellular responses in the context of comorbidities at baseline and after immunisation.
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Historic 1994 influenza vaccine cohorts define breadth of antibody and B cell responses toward future influenza A and B viruses

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By Thi H. O. Nguyen, Ruth Purcell, Isabelle J. H. Foo
| Science Magazine Verified
Editor’s summary Here, Nguyen et al. studied a time capsule of peripheral blood from influenza vaccine recipients from more than 30 years ago, asking whether their pre- and postvaccine responses could recognize and potentially protect against future strains of influenza virus. Their cohort included younger adults and older adults, including older participants who were exposed to descendants of the 1918 pandemic H1N1 IAV.
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There's something special about West Seattle's Kenyon Hall

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By Ruth Purcell
| Seattle's Child Verified
If you spend much time in West Seattle, you may have driven right past Kenyon Hall, located on 35th Avenue SW near SW Kenyon Street, and not realized that the small, nondescript building with the red door is one of the city’s true musical hidden gems.
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