Bacteria can play established roles both as pathogens during infection but also as part of the host microbiota. The immune response to bacterial infection is a critical defence strategy protecting the ...

We Want Them Infected, the bracing title to Jonathan Howard’s just-published book on the U.S. coronavirus response, isn’t an allusion to sci-fi dystopia or fringe conspiracy. Those four words—and, ...

Zania Stamataki receives funding from the Medical Research Foundation and Innovate UK. She collaborates with AstraZeneca on projects unrelated to topics in this article. After a COVID infection, ...

The term “host-pathogen interactions” refers to the dynamic interplay between the host organism (such as humans and/or animals) and the infective agent (such as parasites, fungi, viruses or bacteria).

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new variants, a phenomenon often called immune imprinting. A new study shows ...

Lara Herrero receives funding from NHMRC. Wesley Freppel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has ...

Vaccination and infection both provide protective immunity to COVID-19, particularly against severe disease. But gaining immunity through infection is far riskier than vaccination. Posts citing a new ...

A Feb. 16 study in the Lancet medical journal found that, for people who had COVID-19 immunity resulting from infection, protection from severe disease and death remained high for at least 10 months.

In a recent study published in the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, re-infection, and vaccination trajectory ...

When we’re exposed to a pathogen such as a virus, our immune system identifies it as a foreign invader and mounts an attack. This ultimately results in the formation of antibodies that can neutralize ...

Gut-health expert and founder of ZOE Nutrition, Professor Tim Spector, says we should 'load our plates' with more fermented foods, and he has published a book packed with recipes that will help.. His ...