The immune system works to maintain homeostasis throughout the body. Various cell types and immune mechanisms work in concert ...

The strongest protection against COVID-19 infection was observed among adults with hybrid immunity from prior infections and the bivalent vaccine, whereas vaccination alone conferred moderate ...

Vaccines help the body develop immunity to germs and infections. This is called immunization and it counts on your immune system's memory. Though different vaccines take different approaches to ...

But a measles infection, said Ratner, author of the recent book “Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children’s Health,” “could wipe out that immunity and they ...

A study reveals that Respiratory Syncytial Virus-associated Acute Respiratory Infection increases death risk in adults. The ...

Memory T cells play a key role in this immunity, with circulating types patrolling the blood and tissue-resident types ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems might be primed to fend off a worse case, research finds.

Weaver, director of the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Institute for Human Infections and Immunity. Forgetting all the pathogens a body has encountered is called immune amnesia.