We must not lose the interest in immune health that covid-19 spurred

After a number of months of the covid-19 pandemic, curiosity in immunity was at an all-time excessive. Keeping that curiosity alive is in all our greatest pursuits

A FEW months into the covid-19 pandemic, it was uncommon to have a dialog with out antibodies, vaccines and viruses being talked about in the identical breath. More than three years on, we shouldn’t let that curiosity wane – particularly as we face one of many coronavirus’s newest variants, XBB.1.5, or “Kraken” as some have named it.

It actually seems to be deserving of its monster moniker. This subvariant of omicron is now the dominant pressure within the US and is spreading quickly all through Europe and Asia.

It is essentially the most transmissible subvariant found but, attributable to adjustments in its spike protein, the …