Finding practical ways to analyse the state of a person’s immune system could guide treatment decisions and create ...

Why do immune cells that are supposed to eliminate viruses suddenly turn against our own body? There are instances where killer T cells—which are meant to precisely remove virus-infected ...

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of serious illness and death was jarringly high in older populations. Why? Weakening immune systems — as we age, we become more vulnerable to infections, ...

A review published in Nature Reviews Immunology suggested that some centenarians, defined as adults aged 100 years or older, and supercentenarians retain immunological characteristics typically ...

Planes, trains, boats, automobiles and even feet. During the past decades and centuries, global travel and human migration have made all of us more worldly - from our broadening awareness of the world ...

More than three years after the global COVID-19 health emergency ended, the virus continues to cause hospitalisations and ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body’s own healthy cells. This careful equilibrium is ...

Stanford Medicine researchers built an AI-enabled model of immune system changes in pregnancy, allowing them to test medications to avert premature birth.

About 1 in 10 pregnancies end in a premature birth.

You might know your immune system as the built-in, around-the-clock surveillance system primed to keep nasty germs out and swiftly kick to the curb any that do manage to sneak in. It’s a system primed ...

The University of Kentucky alleges CVS Health diverted more than $41 million in 340B drug savings from four hospitals between 2020 and 2025. A federal judge blocked CMS from requiring medically frail ...