The immune system is one of the most intricate systems in the body and plays a vital role in keeping children healthy.

The short answer: nothing. “That’s a pseudoscience term,” says Laura Purdy, MD, MBA, founder and CEO of Swell Medical.

Three immunologists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering how the immune system prevents itself from attacking the body.

Yep, a new Scientific Reports study found that endurance exercise (think: long-distance running, swimming, or cycling) is ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have recently found that a certain protein may have a large ...

Endurance exercise may train the immune system as much as the muscles. Older adults with decades of running or cycling had ...

Your immune system is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that fight off infection. Your immune system can be affected by ...

The body’s defenses may be mildly lowered for about 1 to 4 weeks after a single steroid shot into a joint or near your spine. In some people, particularly with higher doses, this effect may last up to ...

Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with the potential to reshape how we study disease, move beyond animal testing, ...

BOURNE, MASS. (WHDH) - Three cars were involved in a serious crash in Bourne Wednesday afternoon, sending one man to the hospital, according to officials. Police say one of those cars caught fire.

STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person died in a northwestern Travis County motorcycle crash Wednesday morning, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. According to first responders, the crash happened around 8:25 ...