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James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of people to shelter in place, closing down businesses and freezing communities to help public health officials lower the number of hospitalizations from the disease. As governments look for ways to reopen…

Imagine a world where your ability to get a job, housing or a loan depends on passing a blood test. You are confined to your home and locked out of society if you lack certain antibodies.It has happened before. For most of the nineteenth century, immunity to yellow fever divided people in New Orleans, Louisiana,…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.There is “currently no evidence” that people who recover from coronavirus are protected from a second infection, the World Health Organization wrote Friday in a scientific briefing.The statement came as Chile announced plans to distribute “immunity passports” for recovering patients…

(CNN)The concept of herd immunity is a simple one. But achieving it? Not so much. As the coronavirus pandemic spread throughout the world, doctors, scientists, and government leaders alike have said that once herd immunity was achieved, the spread of the vir…

Scientists and health experts say one of the keys to reviving the economy is knowing who could still become infected by COVID-19, and who has had it and recovered — even without knowing it."If we can identify these people, we can start to understand why their immune systems are different," said Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler, one…