What Are Active and Passive Immunity? Your immunity grows stronger when there are antibodies to illnesses and diseases present. Antibodies’ purpose is to damage or kill foreign organisms that enter ...

The human immune system is a complex defense mechanism that aims to keep us healthy and safe from viruses, bacteria and all other types of pathogens we might come into contact with. But not all ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — With a coronavirus vaccine now being administered in Arkansas, health officials say it’s starting to stimulate immunity against the disease. The first round of Moderna and Pfizer ...

Although there has been a rush for things to return “normal,” the truth is that living with Covid is our new reality. The Root talked to the esteemed Dr. Melissa Clarke about ways we can build ...

The question of the protection afforded by COVID infection vs. the immunity conferred by the mRNA vaccines is still unsettled. A new study may put our concerns to rest. Spoiler alert: each form of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Health officials continue to develop more sophisticated testing tools to confirm COVID-19 cases. Not only that, but tests are now being used to assess if a person who’s been ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending a new immunization shot for newborns and infants under eight months old this fall to help prevent them from catching RSV, or respiratory syncytial ...

It has long been thought that the transference of antibodies from the mother across the placenta during pregnancy confers passive immunity to measles for newborns and infants, but new research ...

PASSIVE transfer of transplantation immunity has never been successfully achieved in a simple way. Previous demonstrations of passive transfer have either employed special techniques giving results ...

Researchers at the Department of Animal Health, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, speculate that bovine milk consumption – specifically from cows with resistance to bovine coronaviruses – may ...