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

This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination generate strong, highly specific spike-binding immune responses ...

Herd immunity is important because it defines when a whole community is protected. That includes people who haven't caught the disease, people who had the illness and recovered, and people who got a ...

VLP technology shows remarkable versatility. Dozens of vaccine candidates are in development for infectious diseases, inflammatory conditions and even cancer. These particles are made up of viral ...

First discovered in 1999 in Malaysia, Nipah virus (NiV) causes yearly outbreaks throughout south and southeast Asia, ...

Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with researchers in Nepal, have found that waning immunity to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) may increase the risk of more severe dengue ...

Infections with cytomegalovirus (CMV) are extremely common and often pose no major threat to the vast majority of people. They can however be deadly for people whose immune system is weakened, e.g., ...

As governments the world over seek ways to jumpstart economic activity, one proposal is a so-called “immunity passport” that would allow certain people who test positive for COVID-19 antibodies to ...

Rubella antibodies in the blood mean that a person’s immune system has developed a response to the rubella virus. A positive result for rubella immunoglobulin (IgG) antibodies means a person is immune ...