From common colds to the cyclosporiasis outbreak, there are plenty of reasons to prioritize your immune system this year.

After nearly 40 years of research on how Listeria bacteria manipulate our cells and battle our immune system to cause listeriosis, Daniel Portnoy and his colleagues have discovered a way to turn the ...

Fall is in full swing, which means a cold is inevitable—at least, it is for me. I can actually set the clock by the fact that I fall ill come October or November. Around this time every year, I’ll get ...

In experiments with mouse models of breast, pancreatic, and muscle cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital report new evidence that a novel means of boosting the natural immune ...

Regularly eating a variety of nutritious foods rich in vitamins and minerals, such as citrus fruits, spinach, red peppers, and ginger, may help boost your immune system. While no food can prevent or ...

The foods you eat influence so many important bodily processes, including your immune system. In fact, this is one instance in which eating the right foods to boost immunity may actively strengthen ...

IIT Kanpur scientists have uncovered how the experimental vaccine booster EP67 activates immune cells without triggering ...

Although winter is coming to a close, cold and flu season is still threatening our immune systems. Staying healthy is a marriage of several simple practices, according to Dr. Roger Seheult, a critical ...

As cold and flu season begins, you may be wondering what you can do to help keep your immune system strong with all the nasty bugs going around. In addition to staying up to date on your seasonal ...

With summer in full swing, who has time to be sidelined by sickness? Unfortunately, a type of virus called enterovirus ...

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Vitamins and supplements like zinc and cod liver oil are often touted for their ability to boost your immune system, but Jeffrey Bland, the "father of functional medicine," says that's not actually ...