There’s something magical about winter, the soft sunlight, steaming cups of tea and the comfort of warm blankets. But along with the beauty of the season comes the challenge of staying healthy. The ...

Summer is usually seen as the “healthy” season. The days are longer, sunlight is abundant, and cough-and-cold infections seem ...

Getting a flu shot, washing your hands frequently, and keeping distance between you and those who are sick can help you stay healthier this winter. But there’s another way to bolster your immune ...

Immunology has transformed humanity’s understanding of oneself and its battle against disease. Inflammation which is a primordial defense mechanism against pathogens, also acts as a double-edged sword ...

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People with hard-to-treat asthma often have to use medicines such as systemic steroids that broadly suppress the immune ...

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 ...

TOPSHOT - (L-R) The portraits of Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are displayed during a press conference where the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are ...

Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses, according to a new study. In addition to its short-term impact on immunity, smoking also has long-term ...

A study in Israel and Ethiopia showed that the microbiome plays a causal role in shaping immunity during HIV infection, ...