JULY 6, 2021

Predicting Death From COVID-19, Developing Immune Memory and Other News

By Marie Rosenthal, MS, and Ethan Covey

This week’s COVID-19 roundup is all about immunity. Scientists are looking at T cells to predict severe disease. Was that prior runny nose and scratchy throat protective? Cancer patients develop a good response to vaccination, and vaccination appears to be having a positive effect on rates, hospitalizations and deaths among older people. Public health officials are still seeing disparities and barriers to vaccination.

Predicting Death From Severe