"We feel this pressure because we want to help people." Antibody tests, which reveal whether someone has been infected with the novel coronavirus, have been touted as key to reopening the economy and ...
The current generation of monoclonal antibodies is ineffective against the predominant variants of SARS-CoV-2 in circulation. Recent studies by Callaway et al. open the possibility that a new type of ...
We are now in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is likely that Covid and the virus that causes it will be with us for many years. Most of us already have a complex history with Covid-19, ...
Coronavirus antibody tests can determine if someone was previously infected, but many available tests are not fully reliable, according to the head of a Los Angeles clinic. LOS ANGELES -- In addition ...
Find out how different vaccines for the coronavirus cause your body to create antibodies that fight the virus.
Researchers discover that the COVID-19 virus can trigger the production of 'abzymes' -- antibodies that act like enzymes -- which may explain why long COVID symptoms persist even after the infection ...
Reported COVID-19 cases and deaths in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been fewer than initially anticipated. However, even relatively small surges in COVID-19 infections in an LMIC ...
The FDA has issued emergency authorizations to 12 antibody tests for the virus. As federal officials gradually begin reopening the country, expanded testing is central to the conversation. Until now, ...
A study has found that repeat vaccination with updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine promotes the development of antibodies that neutralize a wide range of variants of the virus that causes ...
A new study analyzing the immune response to COVID-19 in a Catalan cohort of health workers sheds light on an important ...