As scientists learn more about the virus, they say herd immunity won't work. Early in the pandemic, scientists and public health experts leaned on their experience with other viruses to make ...

The term herd immunity saw an increase in usage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Herd immunity means that enough people within an area have developed a protection against a virus or other infectious disease ...

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The idea of gaining “herd immunity” against COVID-19, meaning enough people will eventually be immune to SARS-CoV-2 to stop it from spreading, is starting to look unlikely, according to Nature. “We’re ...

To the editor: The new leaders at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Department of Health and Human Services say COVID-19 vaccines will require additional testing before being approved for ...

Get it early, develop immunity, get back to work: some wonder As COVID-19 numbers climb precipitously, health care workers, first responders and the countless individuals working in "essential ...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, few non-epidemiologists had come across the concept of "herd immunity." That changed when some governments made it the basis of their initial pandemic control ...

Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Stanford University physician and economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of ...

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 ...

Among patients going to hospitals and clinics, there is an undercurrent of worry: “Could I catch COVID by being here, among sick people?” But doctors encourage patients not to postpone needed care, ...