It's true that vitamin C can give your immune system a boost, but when it comes to treating or preventing colds, things get a ...

A healthy immune system is one of the keys to a healthy life. It’s what protects your body from infection. If your immun ...

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 from the University of Minnesota Medical School offers a new view of how the immune system responds to organ ...

As we age, our immune system quietly loses its edge, and scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why. A protein called ...

THE HUMAN immune system is full of surprises. Though it has long been known that the body’s internal defences spring into action when an infection-causing intruder—such as a bacterium or virus—is ...

Rochester, Minn. — The immune system is meant to protect the body from infection and disease. But with age, it can become less capable of doing so. However, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that ...