Chicken coronavirus antibodies in nose drops give short-term immunity to Covid-19

Nose drops made with chicken coronavirus antibodies ‘give short-term immunity to Covid-19’, scientists claim Chicken make antibodies to viruses and they are also found in their eggs   Researchers are extracting coronavirus antibodies from these eggs  Experts hope to integrate antibodies into a nasal spray for short-term protection to Covid-19   By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Hugh Grant reveals he and wife Anna Eberstein contracted Covid in February and still have antibodies

Hugh Grant has revealed he and wife Anna Eberstein contracted coronavirus in February, describing his symptoms as a ‘poncho of sweat’ and a feeling as though ‘Harvey Weinstein was sitting on his chest’.  The actor, 60, explained he still had antibodies for COVID-19 when he tested a month ago as he discussed the virus during … Read more

Matt Gaetz reveals he tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies but has ‘no clue’ when he was infected

Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, a key Trump ally, hit out at reports that he has coronavirus Saturday morning, revealing that he tested positive for antibodies but has ‘no clue’ when he was infected.    Gaetz, 38, slammed the publications who claimed he had tested positive, taking to Twitter to brand their stories as ‘false’, ‘fake news’ … Read more

Matt Gaetz reveals he tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies but has ‘no clue’ when he was infected

Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, a key Trump ally, hit out at reports that he has coronavirus Saturday morning, revealing that he tested positive for antibodies but has ‘no clue’ when he was infected.    Gaetz, 38, slammed the publications who claimed he had tested positive, taking to Twitter to brand their stories as ‘false’, ‘fake news’ … Read more

Children develop fewer, weaker coronavirus  antibodies than adults

Children develop weaker antibodies to coronavirus than adults do, new research suggests.  Scientists at Columbia University believe that children actually recover so quickly that they typically don’t get seriously ill, or develop a particularly significant reservoir of antibodies for COVID-19.  But that may not mean that kids are any more vulnerable to reinfection than adults … Read more

Just 4% of England has antibodies now, government study finds

Far fewer Britons have coronavirus antibodies now than at the peak of the first wave, according to a Government-led study. It raises concerns that protection against the disease is short-lived and that people may be able to get reinfected just months after recovering the first time. The REACT-2 project — which sends out tens of thousands … Read more

Fewer than 4% of people in Wuhan with no covid history have antibodies

Fewer than four percent of people in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus pandemic began last year, have antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests.  The first epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the virus quickly spread to thousands in Wuhan, overwhelming its health care system and forcing weeks of draconian lockdowns.  … Read more

COVID-19: antibodies in the blood of patients fade rapidly after symptoms subside, study finds

COVID-19 antibodies in the blood of patients fade rapidly after symptoms subside, study finds — leaving around a two-week window of opportunity for plasma transfusions By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 11:00 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 11:00 BST, 16 October 2020 Antibodies made by the body to fight COVID-19 — the transfusion of … Read more

Coronavirus antibodies from blood plasma donations start to fade three months after symptoms start

Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more

Fewer than 10% of Americans have coronavirus antibodies

Fewer than 10 percent of Americans have had coronavirus and developed antibodies that might protect them from reinfection, the first nationally-representative study of its kind found.  Somewhere between 8.2 and 9.4 percent of Americans have antibodies  to  coronavirus, according to new data on dialysis patients analyzed by Stanford University researchers.  That puts the US far … Read more