immunity

May 23, 2020 | 11:21am Enlarge Image Blood collection tubes sit on a rack on the first day of a free coronavirus antibody testing event. Paul Hennessy/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Immunity to the coronavirus could only last up to six months, scientists say. A study at the University of Amsterdam found that those who…

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…