Scientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...

Hantavirus Andes strain update: A deadly Andes strain hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has resulted in three deaths...

Moderna's first-quarter revenue surpassed estimates, driven by strong international COVID-19 vaccine sales. The company forecasts lower-tha...

The BA.3.2 COVID-19 subvariant, known as “Cicada,” is spreading across the United States, with cases reported in 25 states and over 20 coun...

New Covid variant 2026 Cicada symptoms: The highly mutated new BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant has now spread to at least 23 countries, sparkin...

Cicada Covid Variant Symptoms: A new COVID variant with 70-75 spike protein mutations has been detected. The new virus can potentially evad...

Several studies have suggested that following Covid vaccination, antibody levels may be lower in people with obesity than in the general po...

The emergence of Omicron during the winter of 2021-22 is visible as a sharp drop in immunity in multiple countries (since existing immunity...

"Commendably the Region has administered 3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to date, since January 2021 when the first dose of vaccine wa...

The study also finds strong immune memory lasting in all age groups tested, including in people over age 70.

A common reason to remain unvaccinated is the misconception that waiting for natural immunity by choosing infection over vaccination is an ...

Immunocompromised people aren't a uniform group, and so may respond to vaccines differently.

Vaccine hesitancy and new variants could raise the herd immunity threshold, delaying the return to normal. Avoiding that will require even ...

The research, published in the journal Nature Communications on June 28, found that the immune response was as strong against the Alpha var...

The early immune response in a person who has been vaccinated for coronavirus can predict the level of protection they will have to the vir...

"Herd immunity is sometimes wrongly understood as individual protection," said Josep Jansa, an expert in health emergency preparedness and ...

The scientists suggested that adults working in high-risk settings who are not immuno-compromised, pregnant, or allergic to vaccinations, g...