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Cytomegalovirus belongs to the same virus family, Herpesviridae, as cold sores and chickenpox. Callista Images/Image Source via Getty Images

Cytomegalovirus lies dormant in most US adults and is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, but few have heard of it

Laura Gibson, UMass Chan Medical School

Although testing for CMV during pregnancy isn’t routine and there isn’t universal screening for infants, there are steps pregnant people can take to protect themselves and their newborns.
Immunosenescence, or immune aging, can lead to less effective responses to vaccines and greater vulnerability to invading pathogens. Kudryavtsev Pavel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research

Eric Klopack, University of Southern California

While the immune system naturally gets weaker with age, social stressors like trauma and discrimination can hasten immunosenescence.

Related Topics

  1. Immunosenescence
  2. Infectious diseases
  3. latent infection
  4. New research
  5. Pregnancy
  6. Prenatal care
  7. Viruses

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