immune system

Back in February, when COVID-19 vaccines were still largely restricted to the most vulnerable among us, public health leaders were determined to send a unified message: don't worry about the differences between vaccines. "All three are…

The definition of Full vaccination against COVID-19 has been a bit difficult to pin down since winter. It takes a Johnson & Johnson dose, but it takes two doses of an mRNA vaccine. The CDC will count you as fully vaccinated as soon as…

A new dichotomy has begun to haunt the discourse of the pandemic. With the rise of the super-transmissible Delta variant, experts say any going to get vaccinated, or going to get the coronavirus.For some people, a decent number of us will…

In the winter, when the COVID-19 vaccines were fresh and his immune system wasn't cleared, Mike Ford knew his marching orders: don't gather in crowds or socialize without a mask; stay home and get the jab when asked. Then came late March…

Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET on October 6, 2021On the surface, the September 24 announcement from the head of the CDC outlining who, exactly, would be eligible for COVID-19 booster shots seemed like a clarifying moment. But even as the agency’s…

On Saturday morning, I finally rolled up my sleeve for the vaccine I'd been waiting for all summer: my annual flu shot, a technological marvel that I want to receive every fall.In times without a pandemic, the flu vaccine is a hot fall…

This is, in a way, a mea culpa.I've been reporting on the COVID-19 vaccines for about a year, a task that kept me teaching how immunity boosting vaccinations work and why. The recordings are new and the immunology is complex. So, like so…

Sixteen million Americans have diabetes, yet many are not aware of it. African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans have a higher rate of developing diabetes during their lifetime. Hence, the need for Diabetes Criteria For Diagnosis…

In type 1 diabetes a person’s pancreas is not able to make enough insulin for the body to function properly. Type 1 diabetes is considered an autoimmune disease – the body’s cells attack the cells in the pancreas that produces insulin…