Tag: Immunity
‘Vaccinating’ frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic...
Andrea Adams, University of California, Santa Barbara
When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, many wildlife disease researchers like me...
Monkeypox vaccines: A virologist answers 6 questions about how they work,...
Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
Monkeypox isn’t going to be the next COVID-19. But with the outbreak having...
Going back to the office? The colder temperature could lead to...
Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
With millions of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, many who have...
Can vaccinated people still spread the coronavirus?
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington
Editor’s note: So you’ve gotten your coronavirus vaccine, waited the two weeks for your...
Why a vaccine can provide better immunity than an actual infection
Maitreyi Shivkumar, De Montfort University
Two recent studies have confirmed that people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be reinfected with...
Business liability shield is holding up another coronavirus bailout – a...
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University
Senate Republicans’ push to grant companies sweeping immunity from civil liability for failure to adequately protect workers and customers...
Am I immune to COVID-19 if I have antibodies?
William Petri, University of Virginia
Perhaps the most important question now about COVID-19 is the degree to which a prior infection protects from a second...
How to convince your loved ones to get the flu shot...
Helen Colby, IUPUI and Meng Li, University of Colorado Denver
The best way to protect against the flu is the flu vaccine. But even so,...
EXPLORING NATURE
In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like...
Christopher Palma, Penn State
If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter...
