immunity
Don't buy the fearmongering: The COVID-19 threat is waning
As the COVID pandemic wanes, Americans are being fed a distorted perception of the risks by the media and some experts. They continue to fuel fear by repeating speculation that...
Amish community may have reached COVID 'herd immunity': official
An Amish community in Pennsylvania may have become the first group in the US to achieve herd immunity, a local health official claims. The administrator of a medical center in...
Shootings prove we need cops and other commentary
From the right: Shootings Prove We Need Cops Defund-the-police activists are “notably quiet” following events like “the fatal spa shooting in Atlanta and Monday���s supermarket shooting in Boulder, Colo.” —...
Legislature expected to grant final approval to corporate immunity repeal bill
ALBANY — The state Legislature is expected to give final approval to a bill later this week that would repeal a controversial law shielding nursing homes and hospitals from medical malpractice lawsuits...
Diplomat’s wife accused of killing UK teen open to 'mediation' with family
Anne Sacoolas, 43, has admitted that she was driving on the wrong side of the road as she left a US airbase in central England in August 2019 when her...
It could take this long for the pandemic to end, report says
It’ll be a long, seven years before the COVID-19 pandemic is over worldwide, if vaccine distribution continues at its current rate, a calculation from Bloomberg shows. The media outlet, which...
Diplomat's wife accused of killing UK teen was working with US intelligence
An America diplomat’s wife who killed a UK teen motorcyclist in a 2019 wrong-way crash was “employed by an intelligence agency in the US” at the time of the accident,...
As many as 1/3 of Americans could have COVID-19 immunity: analysis
As many as one-third of Americans could already have some immunity to COVID-19, a Post analysis of publicly available data shows. The figure is a combination of those who've had...
COVID-19 immunity robust eight months after infection, study says
COVID-19 patients who have recovered still have significant immunity up to eight months after infection -- a promising sign that there is lasting protection from the deadly illness, according to...
Putin signs law granting Russian ex-presidents lifetime immunity
Russian ex-presidents and their family members have been granted broad, lifetime immunity from prosecution under a law signed Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin, according to reports. The move extends protections...
US diplomat's wife had immunity when she fled UK after fatal crash: court
The parents of a UK teen motorcyclist killed by an American diplomat's wife in a wrong-way crash in England last year lost a court battle Tuesday against the UK government...
COVID-19 vaccine timeline: When will they be distributed and how?
With the dark winter months looming, there's one glimmer of hope in the fight against the COVID-19 crisis. Two, to be exact. Vaccine candidates from Pfizer and its German partner...
New study reveals how long immunization against COVID-19 could last
Once a person develops immunity against COVID-19, it could last for years, a new study suggests. The promising research comes on the heels of the news of two vaccines with...
Italian city shattered by COVID-19 sees hope in immunity
Bergamo, in Italy's northern region of Lombardy, has a lower rate of infection than many other parts of the country.
Study estimates how many New Yorkers have had COVID-19
An estimated 1.7 million New Yorkers have had COVID-19 -- six times the official count, a study released Tuesday suggests. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai also...
South Africa may have achieved COVID-19 herd immunity, expert says
A top vaccine expert in South Africa believes the country may have achieved herd immunity against COVID-19 following a major outbreak there over the summer. Some 12 million to 15...
Study finds evidence of waning antibody immunity to COVID-19
Scientists at Imperial College London tracked antibody levels in the British population after the first wave of infections in March and April, Reuters reported.
Sorry: This criminal-justice 'reform' would be disaster for policing
George Floyd’s death prompted lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to consider ways to reform policing. Some of their suggestions hold promise. But other radical ideas are wide of...
The average American worries about their health this many times a day
The average American has experienced 560 moments of worry about their immune health since the start of COVID-19, according to new research. The study of 2,000 Americans asked respondents how...
South Africa says 12 million ‘probably’ had coronavirus
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — About 12 million people in South Africa have “probably” been infected with the coronavirus, but that startlingly high number has not caused a similarly high...