In the modern, fast-paced, hectic world, the first thing that people sacrifice is sleep. Here's how sleep affects our immune system- ...

Psychological stress from childhood adversity doesn't just affect mental health. A new study shows that trauma like family ...

Small food protein signals teach immune cells to accept food. The finding helps explain how the body prevents food allergies.

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (U.K.) have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system—all thanks to a tiny island bird. Researchers studied the Seychelles warbler, a ...

Stanford researchers reveal how regulatory T cells recognize safe foods by scanning for specific protein signals, opening new paths to prevent and treat food allergies.

A new study from Virginia Tech researchers has shown that a novel vaccine may be able to help block the addictive impacts of ...

The anxiety is borne of widespread misinformation, lingering resentment over COVID mandates and politicians sowing mistrust ...

In recent years, scientists have discovered that some chemotherapy drugs not only kill cancer cells directly, but at least in some patients, mysteriously also trigger their immune system to attack the ...

Here’s what probiotics really do, why they work and how to get more of them in your diet.

In South Carolina, some parents embrace vaccines, others opt out. Why do people make such different choices? A mix of ...

To all the women who've heard the frustrating "it's all in your head" in response to medical maladies, a new study out Friday ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a simplified version of biodegradable nanoparticles that can "educate" the immune system to find and destroy disease-causing cells throughout ...