A new study of wild bats reveals that an animal's immune system is shaped by more than its need to fight infections. Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that sex, age and ...

Rain does more than water a garden. Every time a drop lands on a leaf, something quietly remarkable happens inside the plant.

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered a critical link between the immune system in early life and ...

Your lymphatic system controls immunity, absorbs key vitamins and has no pump. Most people have no idea how much it does.

Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit for giving the human immune system a memory. Now, researchers at the ...

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of serious illness and death was jarringly high in older populations. Why? Weakening immune systems — as we age, we become more vulnerable to infections, ...

New research shows that the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on people's immune response to microorganisms. During the lockdown, inflammation level in the body was low, ...