What Are Active and Passive Immunity? Your immunity grows stronger when there are antibodies to illnesses and diseases present. Antibodies’ purpose is to damage or kill foreign organisms that enter ...

The human immune system is a complex defense mechanism that aims to keep us healthy and safe from viruses, bacteria and all other types of pathogens we might come into contact with. But not all ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — With a coronavirus vaccine now being administered in Arkansas, health officials say it’s starting to stimulate immunity against the disease. The first round of Moderna and Pfizer ...

Your immune system defends your body against infections and illnesses. It makes proteins called antibodies that counteract or kill germs, like viruses and bacteria. You get protection, or “immunity,” ...

In the current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pregnant women have wrestled with the question of whether they and/or their babies are at higher risk due to the direct or indirect ...

Initial clinical trials for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines excluded pregnant women. Thus, pregnant women's immune response to vaccination and the transplacental ...

Large amounts of intravenously administered anti-Newcastle disease virus chicken serum failed to protect chickens from infection when they were exposed to aerosols of a virulent strain of Newcastle ...