The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB ...

Can certain infections, such as COVID, leave you more vulnerable to getting another illness? (Getty Images) Having a COVID-19 infection can shore up your immunity to the virus, but can it also leave ...

A Feb. 16 study in the Lancet medical journal found that, for people who had COVID-19 immunity resulting from infection, protection from severe disease and death remained high for at least 10 months.

A breakthrough Covid-19 coronavirus infection may not be “super” to have. But can it actually give you what’s being called “super immunity” on social media? In other words, can a severe acute ...

A recent study by a team of European researchers demonstrated how antibodies induced by currently circulating influenza A H1N1 strains can cross-react with the important part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike ...

Having a COVID-19 infection can shore up your immunity to the virus, but can it also leave you more susceptible to getting sick with other illnesses? That's the theory laid out in a new scientific ...

For the past two years, Marie, a 30-something student in New York, had the right idea about COVID-19: She didn’t want to get it. Then, in the middle of December, as the antibody-dodging Omicron swept ...

When we’re exposed to a pathogen such as a virus, our immune system identifies it as a foreign invader and mounts an attack. This ultimately results in the formation of antibodies which can neutralise ...

A study by Oregon researchers finds that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 who have a breakthrough infection end up with what the authors call "super immunity." They caution the vaccinated ...