{"id":232617,"date":"2026-03-05T10:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/universal-vaccine-blocks-viruses-bacteria-and-allergies-with-a-nasal-spray"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:11:33","slug":"universal-vaccine-blocks-viruses-bacteria-and-allergies-with-a-nasal-spray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/universal-vaccine-blocks-viruses-bacteria-and-allergies-with-a-nasal-spray","title":{"rendered":"Universal Vaccine Blocks Viruses, Bacteria, And Allergies With a Nasal Spray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/universal-vaccine-blocks-viruses-bacteria-and-allergies-with-a-nasal-spray.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Imagine getting a nasal spray in the fall months that protects you from all respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and the common cold, as well as bacterial pneumonia and early spring allergens.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/study-confirms-vaccines-protect-everybody-even-the-unvaccinated\">vital as vaccines<\/a> are, they can be frustratingly selective about their targets.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists from institutions across the US have now developed a strikingly \u201cuniversal\u201d vaccine, which has protected mice against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/early-clinical-trials-promise-a-universal-vaccine-that-blocks-multiple-flu-strains\">range of viruses<\/a>, bacteria, and even allergies.<\/p>\n<p>The new GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA vaccine can be delivered as a nasal spray. Three doses protected mice from infection from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/largest-covid-vaccine-study-ever-reveals-the-actual-health-risks-you-face\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a> and other coronaviruses for three months, and reduced the viral load in their lungs 700-fold, compared to unvaccinated mice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine getting a nasal spray in the fall months that protects you from all respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and the common cold, as well as bacterial pneumonia and early spring allergens. As vital as vaccines are, they can be frustratingly selective about their targets. Scientists from institutions across the US have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}