Scientists Take Step in Search of 'Universal' Flu Vaccine

influenza /ˌɪnfluˈɛnzə/ : Pathology, an acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration.

• Last winter my sister suffered from influenza very badly.

reinvent /ˌriɪnˈvɛnt/ : to invent again or anew, esp. without knowing that the invention already exists

• She felt quite bored so, she reinvented anew her room.