Tag Archives: Immunity

To reverse COVID-19, we will need more than antibodies

Winter stop had arrived in Stockholm at the end of February, and Soo Aleman was watching as her fellow Swedes left the capital for ski holidays in Europe. Aleman’s colleagues at Karolinska University Hospital, where she works as a researcher and doctor, came back relaxed and strengthened, with stories to …

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People may have hidden immunity against COVID-19

Research has shown that the immunity of antibodies to COVID-19 can only last for a few months, leaving people at risk for secondary infections. But there is now hope that T cells, the warrior lymphocyte cells in our bodies, may offer some protection against the disease now and in the …

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Doctor reinfected with COVID-19 – 3 months after recovering

A doctor in Israel has reportedly been reinfected with COVID-19, three months after his first attack with the coronavirus. While there have been several reports of COVID-19 reinfection globally, the news comes amid ongoing uncertainty in the scientific community about whether long-term immunity is possible after infection. Channel 13 Israel …

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