Research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds new evidence that such molecules can influence behavior during illness.

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In An Exercise in Uncertainty, Jon Gluck traces decades of waiting, watching, enduring experimental treatment, and miraculously beating the odds.

Colds and flu can sap your appetite, right when you need nutrition the most. These are the foods that will keep your immune system in fighting shape—and a few that could make you feel worse.

Living with animals is thought to have profound effects on our immunity – potentially reducing the risk of allergies, eczema and even autoimmune conditions.

"Over many millennia, the human immune system got used to seeing dog, horse and cow bacteria," says Gilbert. "And so when it sees those things, it triggers beneficial immune development.

The common cold is familiar to many of us – as adults may get two to four colds each year.. While colds tend to be more common in the winter months [1], supporting your immune system year-round ...