Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered a critical link between the immune system in early life and ...

Doctors say frequent colds, slow wound healing and constant fatigue may be subtle clues that your immune system needs ...

Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have uncovered a critical mechanism driving inflammation in mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), a rare but devastating autoinflammatory disorder ...

Medical advancements over the last several decades have made great strides in the treatment of HIV. Pharmaceutical treatments are able to contain and reduce a patient's viral load to the point where ...

The immune system is traditionally divided into innate and adaptive immunity, distinguished by specificity and memory. Innate immunity, present in all cellular organisms, offers a rapid, nonspecific ...

The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans has historically been high, with more than half of people dying. Why, then, is the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak—which has ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with researchers in Nepal, have found that waning immunity to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) may increase the risk of more severe dengue ...

The immune system during pregnancy is not simply weaker or stronger. Instead, it becomes specially adapted to protect both ...

A growing number of health experts are raising concerns over daily routines that quietly damage the body’s natural defence system, leaving many people more vulnerable to infections, fatigue and ...

Watermelon juice and orange juice are hydrating in summers. Nutritionist Deepsikha Jain explains how to boost immunity by ...