An antibody (teal) bound to its target, the HIV protein Env (white and gray), also attaches to an immune cell via a receptor (red) on the immune cell’s surface. This interaction can activate the ...

How would you strengthen your immune system? Many take supplements, vitamin C, and foods that are healthy. However, there are those who go to extremes and risk their health and that of others. A video ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s Health Headlines, we’re talking about women’s health research and what it can tell us ...

The emerging subdiscipline of "astroimmunology" has been formalized, focusing on understanding how spaceflight stressors significantly compromise the human immune system. A new guide, published in ...

How does the same infection, say the flu or a cold, give some people mild symptoms and leave others suffering? Why do people develop autoimmune diseases? And will we ever be able to predict when—and ...

Invisible particles in the air are not just irritating our lungs, they are quietly rewiring the immune system that is ...

As winter looms on the horizon, so do viruses and bacteria prepared to usher in annual colds and flu. The immune system is the first line of defense against these types of viral infections and ...