A Japanese immunologist and two American scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for fundamental discoveries about how the immune system keeps itself in check, preventing ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Lupus, doctors like to say, affects no two patients the same. The disease causes the immune system to go rogue in a way that can strike virtually any organ in ...

The short answer: nothing. “That’s a pseudoscience term,” says Laura Purdy, MD, MBA, founder and CEO of Swell Medical.

A supercharged HIV vaccine could offer strong protection with just one injection, a study in mice has indicated. Developed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the ...

Measles can cause “immune amnesia,” which reduces the body’s defenses against other illnesses, such as flu and tuberculosis. This reduction in immunity can happen even if a person has been vaccinated ...

Though the NHS recommends most adults consider taking vitamin D until around March as daylight hours shrink, the service also noted: “There’s little evidence that supplements such as vitamin C, ...

New research suggests a universal cancer vaccine may be on the horizon. Scientists found a "generalized" mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy. The University of Florida ...

I learned the hard way that inflammation and immune health go hand in hand. When the body is under stress from late nights, habitual tension, or even a viral invasion, the immune system becomes taxed, ...

People who develop rheumatoid arthritis experience changes to their immune systems long before their joints become swollen and painful, suggesting that early treatment might stop or limit damage, a ...