Herd immunity stats For some diseases, herd immunity can go into effect when 40 percent of the people in a population become immune to the disease, such as through vaccination. But in most cases, 80 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As more and more of the United States population gets vaccinated against COVID-19, many are wondering: when will enough people be vaccinated for life to return to normal? That question doesn't have a ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- At large vaccination sites, like the one in Galveston County where staff is administering up to 5,000 vaccinations a day, the hard work is paying off. Galveston County is ...