An Amish community in Pennsylvania has become ‘the first in the US to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19’ after 90 per cent of their households became infected with the virus when they resumed church services late last spring. The administrator of a medical center in the heart of the Amish community in New Holland Borough … Read more
An Amish community in Pennsylvania has become ‘the first in the US to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19’ after 90 per cent of their households became infected with the virus when they resumed church services late last spring. The administrator of a medical center in the heart of the Amish community in New Holland Borough … Read more
New York City is set to become first major city in the nation to end qualified immunity for police officers after the city council voted on sweeping reforms after it slashed the NYPD’s budget by $1 billion last year. The New York City Council voted on Thursday to end qualified immunity for police officers which will … Read more
New York City is set to become first major city in the nation to end qualified immunity for police officers after the city council voted on sweeping reforms after it slashed the NYPD’s budget by $1 billion last year. The New York City Council voted on Thursday to end qualified immunity for police officers which will … Read more
Millions could go to pubs with no social distancing under plans to let drinkers use mobile phones to prove they are free of Covid. As fury erupted over the idea of coronavirus ‘passports’, it emerged customers could be allowed to rely on an app. They could use it to prove they had either had the … Read more
COVID-19 survivors’ immunity could last DECADES for some – but it only last days for others and 11% never develop ANY protection from reinfection, study suggests Researchers looked at blood samples of 164 previously infected COVID-19 patients in Singapore Around 11% never had detectable levels of neutralizing antibodies while about 55% had levels wane within … Read more
A new coronavirus variant that may partially evade vaccine-triggered immunity and was first spotted in New York is already in Britain, health chiefs confirmed today. And swabbing suggests the variant — dubbed B.1.526 — may have been lurking here for at least a month. Scientists tracking the constantly-evolving virus say three cases of the mutant … Read more
A new coronavirus variant that may partially evade vaccine-triggered immunity and was first spotted in New York is already in Britain, health chiefs confirmed today. And swabbing suggests the variant — dubbed B.1.526 — may have been lurking here for at least a month. Scientists tracking the constantly-evolving virus say three cases of the mutant … Read more
Immunity produced by white blood cells is ‘not substantially affected’ by mutated coronavirus variants, scientists have found. Experts were concerned the current jabs might not work as well against the South African and Brazilian variants because they changed its shape. Studies found disease-fighting proteins called antibodies were less effective in the face of the new strains, … Read more
Britain and the US may be on the cusp of herd immunity by the end of 2021 thanks to their speedy Covid vaccine roll-outs, data suggested today. But forecasters analysing the current pace of the global inoculation drive have warned Germany, France and Italy must rapidly speed up to reach the same threshold. Herd immunity … Read more