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‘If anyone’s going to lose, you think I would’: Radio host Kyle Sandilands explains why he’s seemingly immune to ‘cancel culture’ despite a string of controversies By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:30 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 22:34 GMT, 10 February 2021 He’s been a magnet for controversy over the years, … Read more
Scattered reports have emerged of people being reinfected with coronavirus after testing negative – but one man may have had three ‘recurrences’ of COVID-19 over the course a gruelling, ultimately fatal, 154-day battle with the infection. In a case report, Brigham and Women’s Hospital physicians describe the struggle of a 45-year-old man who had a … Read more
People who have survived COVID-19 may have some protection against getting reinfected after all, a new study suggests. Scientists at Rockefeller University found that a type of immunity, from memory B cells, lasts at least six months. B cells ‘remember’ how to make antibodies against viruses, including the one that causes COVID-19. And these cells … Read more
Britain could face even more super-strains of coronavirus as surging infections across the globe fuel the chances of the virus mutating to beat the immune system, scientists say. More than 90million cases have been recorded worldwide since the pandemic began, with the positive test numbers surging 33.8 per cent in the last two months. There … Read more
Scientists have created ‘invisible’ stem cells that evade the immune system — thereby paving the way to new treatments for cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The lab-grown cells — created by researchers from the US — could be used for cell therapies and tissue implants without fear of immune rejection. They work by expressing so-called … Read more
Catching coronavirus DOES make you immune to symptomatic reinfection for at least 6 months, study suggests Researchers scrutinised data from 11,000 healthcare workers in Newcastle Found nobody who tested positive developed symptoms several months later Researchers write that previous infection ‘appears to result in protection against symptomatic infection’ By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 13:12 GMT, … Read more
She recently appeared to flout coronavirus rules after celebrating her birthday with friends in a limousine. Yet Danielle Lloyd was moving on from the scandal as she started off the new year with a healthy dose, by receiving an immune booster IV drip at home on Friday. The CBB star, 37, sat on her sofa, … Read more
Extreme levels of ‘friendly fire’ antibodies in the immune system could trigger severe coronavirus symptoms and cause ‘long Covid’, scientists say. Coronavirus patients have high numbers of ‘autoantibodies’ in their blood which block the body’s Covid-tackling antibodies and attack several areas, including the brain, blood vessels and liver. This could account for why some Covid sufferers … Read more
Are a 25% of us ALREADY immune from Covid-19? A quarter of Britons could have high levels of T-cells which recognise coronavirus, research suggests Researchers find 25 per cent of almost 3,000 key workers have high T-cell levels Antibody surveys have consistently found no more than 6 per cent test positive Study finds no one … Read more
Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine triggers a ‘robust’ response from the immune system and appears to work in older people, a study revealed today. Scientists behind the project this morning published the results of an early trial of the jab, which found it created strong signs of immunity in 99 per cent of people. The second-phase … Read more