EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: Crisis Response Tactics Prior COVID Infection May Protect Against Some Common Colds By Staff Friday, June 14, 2024 6:09 AM If you've been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold. A new study suggests previous COVID-19 infections lower the risk of getting colds caused by milder coronavirus cousins, which could provide a key to broader COVID-19 vaccines. "We think there's going to be a future outbreak of a coronavirus," said Manish Sagar, MD, senior author of the study published in Science Translational Medicine. "Vaccines potentially could be improved if we could replicate some of the immune responses that are provided by natural infection." Head over to MedPage Today to read more about it.