They quickly train the immune system to recognize and destroy aggressive viruses and bacteria trying to sneak into and attack your child’s body. As parents, we want zero risk for our kids.

According to the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, children with more than 8 infections a year, especially if they are unusually ...

This timing matters tremendously because different immune cells have specific “shift schedules.” Some aspects of your immune ...

Even after the pandemic, various new infectious diseases continue to emerge, posing ongoing viral threats that demand robust ...

A whimsical adventure unfolds inside a body where germs plot to invade and make it sick. The protagonist, Andy, learns about ...

But here's what we rarely talk about: chronic stress does not just mess with your mood—it slowly wears down your immune system. How stress disarms your body's defences: Your immune system is a ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body's immune system, sometimes for years.

Infants hospitalized with severe COVID-19 have significantly different immune responses than adults or older children. The finding comes from scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The ...

An international research team has discovered a critical protein that acts as a 'switch' regulating immune responses to viruses.

The field of aging and immunology delves into understanding how the immune system undergoes changes as individuals grow older. Aging is accompanied by a ...

Ever since playing Joust on his family's Atari 800XL 8-bit computer as a youth, Zak has been hooked on PC and console games. His passion for gaming as a kid led to an interest in PCs as a teenager ...

Most patients will have an acquired disorder of the immune system and are the focus of this review (table 1). We shall not discuss the neurological consequences of HIV, as this is the subject of a ...