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Cross-immunity would aid COVID-19 battle

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INT

This is partly attributed to age and to health predispositions, but the physiological basis is not entirely clear. Existing immunity from previous exposure to other coronaviruses…

COVID-19 immunity will determine the pandemic's future

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INTERNATIONAL

Various factors influence how immunity to a virus emerges, but the duration of immune memory will be critical in developing the most appropriate vaccine regimes as well as other…

Guatemala’s Morales will struggle to keep his immunity

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GUATEMALA

Morales pressures.

US court rulings set back police reform prospects

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UNITED STATES

The Court has used the decisions to send a clear signal that it will continue to interpret qualified immunity as protecting police from allegations of excessive force, with the…

Japan’s soaring COVID-19 cases cloud GDP gains

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JAPAN

Output has regained pre-pandemic levels, but remains below its earlier 2019 peak. However, the future looks uncertain as a COVID-19 resurgence turns the 'great reopening' into a…

New COVID-19 variants will keep distancing relevant

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Yet it is still difficult to predict what new variants may emerge or what their impact might be. Extreme disparity in vaccine coverage has resulted in a complex demographic of…

First COVID-19 vaccine may not end all distancing

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While studies show that patients mount an immunity to the virus (at least in the short term) and immediate re-infection is highly unlikely, it is estimated that some 90% of the…

Prospects for COVID-19 in 2022

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PROSPECTS 2022

Predicting the pandemic's course has become more complicated because parts of countries’ populations are now vaccinated, some with a single dose, others with a double or triple…

US 9-11 bill veto override could have wide impact

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UNITED STATES

This bill creates an exception to US foreign sovereign legal immunity for supporters of terrorism. Although JASTA passed Congress on an untallied voice vote, unofficial vote…

Vaccine hesitancy could derail COVID-19 control

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INTERNATIONAL

COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy.