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COVID-19 vaccination has been shown to be safe in pregnancy, and protects both the mother and infant from severe disease. It’s now also clear that infants’ antibody protection continues after birth.
There’s pretty much no one left in the US who hasn’t been exposed to the coronavirus, whether by vaccination, infection or both.
The pandemic spurred the diagnostics industry to consider aspects like scale, affordability, speed and portability of tests.
An effective nasal vaccine could stop the virus that causes COVID-19 right at its point of entry. But devising one that works has been a challenge for researchers.
Inflammation is a complicated and important part of how the immune system responds to threats to the body. But when the inflammatory response goes awry, it can lead to serious problems.
A new species of bacteria that doesn’t normally live in the gut may trigger an immune response so strong that it spreads to the joints.
Antiretroviral therapies for HIV, while extremely effective, need to be taken daily for life. Designing antibody treatments that need to be taken only once could improve compliance and reduce drug resistance.
When COVID-19 and the flu co-infect, it’s ‘flurona.’ But such cases are rare, and there are effective ways to protect yourself from both viruses.
Evidence is growing there are changes to your immune system that may put you at risk of other infectious diseases.
A new study finds that misdirected immune responses can persist for months in those who are suffering from long COVID-19.
Listeria causes serious illness and food recalls nearly every year.
To help people make informed decisions about ongoing COVID-19 risks, public health messaging needs to adapt as the pandemic evolves, just as immune systems adapt to new viruses and variants.
Your blood can hold a record of past illnesses. That information can reveal how many people have had a certain infection – like 58% of Americans having had COVID-19 by the end of February 2022.
Research suggests that too-frequent immunizations may lead to a phenomenon called “immune exhaustion.”
Evusheld is an antibody drug from AstraZeneca intended to help prevent COVID-19 infection for immunocompromised and other vulnerable patients.
Because COVID-19 is a relatively new virus, researchers still aren’t sure exactly how long vaccines and prior infections provide protection.
COVID-19 variants are the products of the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. They arise via mutations, but other forces also have roles to play in the generation and transmission of variants.
COVID-19 has taken away so much. An immunology researcher describes the good it may leave behind.
Infection seems to add a boost to immunity – but vaccination is still vital and breakthrough infections should be avoided as much as possible.
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Brunel University London
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Senior Lecturer; MD, Victoria University
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Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Professor of Immunology, Vice-Chancellors Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Head of Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University
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Emeritus Professor, Brunel University London
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Professor in Biomedical Sciences, University of Manchester
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Professor, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Biology, College of the Holy Cross
