If you haven't had your shot at a shot yet, you're probably getting much closer to that point—on May 1, states will open the COVID vaccines to the general adult population, and already, more than 143 ...

New York state has half the population of California but has experienced 14 times as many deaths from novel coronavirus. RELATED: Californians may have developed some herd immunity to coronavirus last ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Dr. Betsey Tilson serves as the State Health Director and the Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Health and Human Services. On Wednesday, she joined ABC11 to discuss ...

The term herd immunity saw an increase in usage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Herd immunity means that enough people within an area have developed a protection against a virus or other infectious disease ...

Herd immunity occurs when enough people in a group are immune to a specific infection that it cannot spread easily from person to person. Vaccination programs have been successful in creating herd ...

Herd immunity went from a phrase most of us had never heard of to the thing we're all waiting for in just about a year's time. "It's kind of shorthand for back to normal," said Dr. Bob Wachter, chair ...

An infectious disease specialist took the time to explain what herd immunity is, how it works and when it might affect the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Frank Esper works for the Cleveland Clinic Children's ...

Herd immunity is the name for a point in time when it's hard for a disease to spread through a group of people. The idea of herd immunity works for some diseases, such as measles. But it's a harder ...

Anti-vaxxers could prevent herd immunity A big reason we might never reach herd immunity is because not enough people are willing to get vaccinated. If that happens, the virus will have ample ...