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    With new grants, Gates Foundation takes an early step toward a universal flu vaccine

    After revising its expectations, the Gates Foundation is awarding millions in new grants to scientists who are starting toward a universal flu vaccine.
    by Helen Branswell Aug 29, 2019 3 minutes
    Bill Gates addresses guests during the World Health Summit in Berlin in 2018.

    Scientific teams from inside and outside the world of influenza research have been awarded funding to try to unlock mysteries that could provide the foundation for a future universal flu vaccine, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the philanthropy Flu Lab have announced.

    The funds, up to $12 million, will be awarded to as many as eight teams of researchers, the Gates Foundation and Flu Lab announced Thursday (local time) at Options for the Control of Influenza, the flu world’s largest scientific conference, currently underway in Singapore. The maximum grant will be $2 million and the funding will

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