Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of ...

Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

The immune system's reaction to the common Epstein-Barr virus can ultimately damage the brain and contribute to multiple ...

Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new variants, a phenomenon often called immune imprinting. A new study shows ...

The mpox virus appears to be circulating silently in parts of Nigeria, in many cases without the symptoms typically associated with the disease, according to new research led by scientists from the ...

This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination generate strong, highly specific spike-binding immune responses ...

A Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications has revealed how HIV can protect infected cells by altering ...

One of the big debates in long COVID research is whether the virus can persist in the body, or whether it leaves the immune ...

Experts are hoping the answer may be found in kids. As we continue to learn more about COVID-19, one question on many people’s minds is: Why do some people get sick and others stay healthy?

A new study shows that the body’s early immune response, not the virus itself, often determines how severe a rhinovirus cold ...