Foods that support immune health, like citrus fruits, fatty fish, and leafy greens, contain immune-boosting nutrients like zinc and vitamins C, D, and E.

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, ...

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

Flu cases are rising across the US with a new variant of H3N2. Experts recommend consuming garlic, red bell peppers, yogurt, ...

Humans have been attempting to combat cancer since the time of the Ancient Egyptians, and recent decades have seen remarkable progress. However, tumor cells have developed sophisticated ways to evade ...

Lymphatic drainage is a simple but precise process that can have positive effects on the immune system. It usually requires specialized knowledge and training, but the treatment itself only involves a ...

In today’s increasingly digital world, where people can go days without meaningful in-person interaction, the importance of social connections often gets overlooked. Yet, these human bonds do more ...

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has gained new insights into how ticks influence the human immune ...

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 ...