Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times Research led by scientists at Emory University in Atlanta found that while tetanus and influenza vaccines prompt the body to produce long-lived plasma cells that generate antibodies, COVID-19 vaccines do not. The study may explain why antibody protection from COVID-19 mRNA vaccines wanes so rapidly. The mRNA […]
Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times, The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that new COVID-19 infections in the country of origin have increased to nearly 20 percent in the past few weeks, as two new Omicron subvariants spread across the country. But while increases to China’s official COVID-19 test […]
JUN 20, 2024 – Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times Researchers have discovered why some people remain uninfected by the COVID-19 virus—even after their nasal cavities are exposed to it. According to a recent study, these people have faster and more subtle immune responses than those who develop symptomatic COVID-19. “These findings shed […]
Natalie E. Stevens,1,2 Feargal J. Ryan,1,2 Nicole L. Messina,3,4 Stephen J. Blake,1,2 Todd S. Norton,1 Susie Germano,3 Jane James,1 Georgina L. Eden,1 Yee C. Tee,1,2 Miriam A. Lynn,1,2 Rochelle Botten,1 Simone E. Barry,5 Nigel Curtis,3,4 and David J. Lynn1,2 Published July 20, 2023 – September 1, 2023. Reference information: J Clin Invest. 2023;133(17):e171742. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI171742. To the Editor: Trained immunity (TI) is defined as the long-term metabolic and epigenomic reprogramming of innate immune […]
Carl Gunnar Gottschalk, Daniel Peterson, Jan Armstrong, Konstance Knox & Avik Roy Infectious Agents and Cancer volume 18, Article number: 7 (2023) Cite this article, A Correction to this article was published on 24 April 2023 Abstract Historically, COVID-19 emerges as one of the most devastating diseases of humankind, which creates an unmanageable health crisis worldwide. Until now, this disease costs millions of lives and continues to paralyze […]
Authors: Petr Svab April 4, 2022 Updated: April 5, 2022 THE EPOCH TIMES U.S. counties with the highest rates of vaccination against COVID-19 are currently experiencing more cases than those with the lowest vaccination rates, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 500 counties where 62 to 95 percent of the population has been […]
Authors: Jackson S. Turner, Wooseob Kim, Elizaveta Kalaidina, Charles W. Goss, Adriana M. Rauseo, Aaron J. Schmitz, Lena Hansen, Alem Haile, Michael K. Klebert, Iskra Pusic, Jane A. O’Halloran, Rachel M. Presti & Ali H. Ellebedy Nature volume 595, pages421–425 (2021) Abstract Long-lived bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) are a persistent and essential source of protective antibodies1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 have a substantially lower risk of reinfection with […]
Authors: Natalie Winters A January 19th update posted to the outlet’s COVID-19 live blog explains how unvaccinated individuals who previously contracted the virus “had lower rates of infection and hospitalization than those protected by vaccines alone”: During the week beginning May 30, 2021, vaccinated people who had not experienced Covid had the lowest risk of coronavirus infection […]
Authors: S. V. Subramanian & Akhil Kumar European Journal of Epidemiology (2021) Vaccines currently are the primary mitigation strategy to combat COVID-19 around the world. For instance, the narrative related to the ongoing surge of new cases in the United States (US) is argued to be driven by areas with low vaccination rates [1]. A similar narrative also has […]
Authors: DYLAN HOUSMAN HEALTHCARE REPORTER August 28, 20215:12 PM ET A new study of the power of COVID-19 natural immunity versus the protection provided by vaccines is igniting further debate among scientists on how to assess risk from the virus. The observational study of more than 700,000 Israelis, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed, compared three groups: those […]