Study finds obesity accelerates loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity

May 12, 2023, at 11:06 pm

The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity than in those with normal weight, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have found.

Researchers show how the COVID-19 virus triggers immune signaling ‘storm’

May 18, 2021, at 03:14 pm

Washington: Researchers have discovered new ways in which the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) virus causes human immune cells to overreact, a deadly part of the disease.

Herd immunity, an ‘unethical’ COVID-19 strategy, Tedros warns policymakers

Oct 13, 2020, at 03:04 pm

New York: Using the principle of so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and “not an option” countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the UN health agency chief warned on Monday.