Global immunity to COVID-19 is likely to offer protection against the emergence of an as yet undiscovered new SARS-type virus, dubbed SARS-CoV-X, ultimately lowering the risk of a future coronavirus p ...

In a recent study published in PNAS, researchers investigated whether prior exposure to coronaviruses (CoVs) induces cross-reactive immunity that protects adults from severe coronavirus disease 2019 ...

Whenever a pathogen invades a host, the adaptive immune system elicits an immune response tailored against that pathogen. This specificity arises because of T-cells and B-cells of the immune system.