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Saturday, May 11, 2024
TopicImmunity

Topic: immunity

Why an efficient vaccine is not the same thing as a safe vaccine

In ‘Covid-19: Separating fact from fiction’, Anirban Mahapatra chronicles the scientific progress made in understanding how Covid infects us & how we fight back.

Not all vaccines prevent infections. But you must still take the shot

In an ideal world, all vaccines would induce ‘sterilising immunity’ — completely stop the virus in its tracks.

US weighs immunity request for Saudi crown prince MBS in alleged assassination plot

The case accuses MBS of deploying operatives in the US to track down Saad Aljabri, a former high-level official, and then dispatching a team to murder him.

Vaccines not the only solution to Covid, past viral infections are key too

Three doctors who sat at lunch with a Covid-infected colleague in a Delhi hospital didn’t get infected. Once we know why, we’ll also know who to vaccinate.

The importance of Zinc in fight against Covid and what studies on the nutrient say

Association of zinc deficiency with severe Covid outcomes has probably labelled zinc as the second most important nutrient after Vitamin D that can help fight the virus.

Let your children play in the green outdoors for just a month, watch immunity grow

A new study suggests that city playgrounds with forest undergrowth, lawn turf and planter boxes could help improve the regulation of children’s immune systems.

Why falling Covid antibody levels doesn’t mean immunity is waning

The adaptive immune system first produces many antibodies to clear a pathogen, and then forms a memory of it to tackle reinfection.

AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine produces strong immune response in older adults

The Astra-Oxford vaccine candidate is one of several front-runners in the race for protection against the virus.

There are over 175 coronavirus vaccines in the race. But what happens if we don’t get one

A vaccine could provide a way to end the pandemic, but with no prospect of natural herd immunity we could well be facing the threat of Covid-19 for a long time to come.

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe she’s a honeybee—How insects survive without antibodies

In ‘Every Creature Has A Story’, Janaki Lenin writes about how hard-working bees avoid disease while living in densely-populated hives.

On Camera

Wealth creators in India have been the favourite whipping boys. Ambani-Adani are the new ones

It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.