Immunity

Hybrid immunity from prior omicron infection and at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided the highest protection from omicron infection, according to data recently published in The Lancet.

People with inborn errors of immunity can receive COVID-19 vaccines with no greater risk for adverse events, according to a review published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

SAN DIEGO — Vaccine-induced immunity correlated with significantly greater protection against COVID-19 compared with infection-induced immunity in patients with cirrhosis, according to results presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.

Waning population immunity against smallpox — a result of discontinued vaccination campaigns for the now-eradicated disease — “has established the landscape for the resurgence of monkeypox,” researchers said.