Most people carry skin loving strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) without any trouble, and for years, those strains were treated as bystanders in skin cancer. New evidence shows that one of these ...

Simply being exposed to a sick avatar in a virtual reality environment is enough to trigger a measurable immune response in humans. This is what a multidisciplinary research team from the CHUV ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing a flu cases, hand, foot and mouth, viral upper respiratory infections with cough and croup. Providers there say parents should be especially ...

There are no tricks to 100% preventing the sniffles this fall. However, doctors share that October is the most important month to strengthen the immune system. Here's everything you need to know about ...

Nasal sprays are part of a layered defence strategy. For Indians, the key takeaway is cautious optimism. Sprays may help reduce infection risk, but remain a supplementary option ...

Around 5,000 Americans are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) each year. About half of patients die within 14 to 18 months of being diagnosed, usually due to breathing failure. The ...

The skin is frequently subjected to minor mechanical insults that may compromise its barrier integrity and permit the entry of pathogens. Therefore, the immune system of the skin needs to rapidly ...

Immune cells called double negative T cells are abundant in the intestine but have been poorly understood till date. In a recent study, researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo report that ...