If you’ve already had the coronavirus and recovered, you might be tempted to give the vaccine a pass. A scientist explains why the shot offers the best protection against future infection.
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Giving smaller vaccine doses in multiple shots is often more effective than a larger single dose.
Injected vaccines tend to generate good immunity overall but less of a response in the nose and throat, where the virus enters and spreads from.
So far, most vaccines in the US are mRNA vaccines. These represent a new technology and are likely to take over the vaccine world. But how do they work? What are their weaknesses? Five experts explain.
You’ve been vaccinated; can you now safely see your friends and family? New research hints that vaccinated people may be less likely to transmit the coronavirus, but they are not 100% in the clear.
For elite athletes, even mild COVID-19 vaccine side effects can throw their training plans off course. But they can plan ahead.
We mapped the genes of B cells to better understand why some develop immunity and others don’t.
We have limited information about the reported deaths of 30 elderly people in Norway who had received the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Here’s what we do know.
Researchers say around 70% of the US needs to get the coronavirus vaccine to stop the pandemic. But questions around the vaccines and regional differences add some uncertainty to that estimate.
With a vaccine now approved in the UK, other countries won’t be far behind. But a vaccine won’t singlehandedly ensure the virus doesn’t cross international borders when travel picks up.
It’s not only shedding and reinfection which are different — there are actually two types of viral shedding.
Distributing a vaccine is a bit like boarding a plane — we can’t all board at the same time. So who gets priority? There are a few reasons we should consider vaccinating older people first.
Canada has set aside a total of 414 million doses of different types of vaccine. Some exploit known mechanisms, others are based on previously untested approaches.
Some have suggested the US allow healthy people to return to normal life, catch the coronavirus and get the population to herd immunity. The science says this plan is doomed to fail from the start.
Time changes make many people feel tired, irritable, and unable to sleep.
These drugs may help slow or reverse immune system decline.
Vaccines work by teaching your immune system about new viruses. Your immune cells are very clever – they will remember what they learnt, and protect you if you encounter that virus in the future.
Older coronavirus patients face grimmer outlooks. A virologist explains the aging-related changes in how immune systems work that are to blame.
The cold supply chain keeps vaccines fresh during distribution, but the current system is nowhere near large enough to distribute the billions of COVID-19 vaccines that the world needs.
Wearing face masks may allow a tiny number of viral particles to slip through, possibly allowing our body to gain some sort of immunity.
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Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT 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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Associate Professor of Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Research Officer - Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Senior Lecturer; MD, Victoria University
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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