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Immunosenescence, or immune aging, can lead to less effective responses to vaccines and greater vulnerability to invading pathogens. Kudryavtsev Pavel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research

Eric Klopack, University of Southern California

While the immune system naturally gets weaker with age, social stressors like trauma and discrimination can hasten immunosenescence.

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