While the immune system naturally gets weaker with age, social stressors like trauma and discrimination can hasten immunosenescence.
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Older adults, who are at a higher risk for COVID-19 complications, can strengthen their immune systems by exercising.
Older coronavirus patients face grimmer outlooks. A virologist explains the aging-related changes in how immune systems work that are to blame.
Immunosenescence — the decline of immune system function with age — means that vaccines are not as effective in older adults, the demographic most susceptible to many diseases, including COVID-19.
Different demographics are more or less vulnerable to serious complications from the coronavirus. A virologist explains the aging-related changes in how immune systems work that are to blame.
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Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University
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Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Viral Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph
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Professor, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University - Newark
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University - Newark
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Fitness/Wellness Research Coordinator for the Rutgers Aging Brain Health Alliance, Rutgers University - Newark
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Gerontology, University of Southern California
