Prominent epidemiologists and medical professionals are advocating the introduction of an inexpensive rapid antigen immunoassay tests similar to a home pregnancy test. Prototype COVID-19 tests are being developed and are under evaluation to be commercially available later in the year. The demand for rapid tests is based on the reality that highly sensitive lab-based molecular […]

The purpose of vaccination is to stimulate the immune response to prevent a disease. A person who is rendered resistant to a disease by vaccination is termed “actively immunized.” Active immunity may also result from recovery from a natural outbreak of a disease. Immunity transferred from plasma from a donor, which contains antibodies from a […]

Some of the most important unknowns with COVID-19 are as follows: Do we know for sure if a person is immune to COVID-19 after infection? What percentage of the U.S. population will be immune after this first wave of infections is over? Will immunity last over time, or will it fade? If and when a […]