The test measures immunoglobulin G antibodies, which indicate past exposure or vaccination to viruses like measles.

As mask mandates are lifted and restrictions removed in a step toward normalcy, a test to measure immunity would be a powerful tool to measure individual risk. In 2010, doctors told Ben Sobieck, now ...

EVANSTON, IL — Is it possible you were infected with a mild form of COVID-19 and didn’t know it? How robust is your body’s immune response to the vaccine, and how will we know whether we’ve reached ...

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Whether you're welcoming home a new baby, flying to a new destination for a vacation or working around sick patients as a doctor or nurse, your immunity is your invisible armor against all the bugs ...

University of Birmingham experts are developing a non-invasive saliva test that - within 15 minutes - might identify children across the Global South missing immunity to tetanus who may also have ...

Herd immunity occurs when enough people in a group are immune to a specific infection that it cannot spread easily from person to person. Vaccination programs have been successful in creating herd ...

Measles may seem like a disease of the past. Indeed, the highly contagious virus was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000 after a full year had passed without any infections. But times ...