It’s cold and flu season and most of us will eventually encounter a virus. So, how does our immune system work to keep us healthy? According to Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director of the Cleveland ...

A new study from the University of Gothenburg may help guide the development of better influenza vaccines. Memory cells in the nose slow the influenza virus as soon as it enters the body. They reduce ...

One afternoon in clinic, Michael was examining a cheerful 2-year-old with a runny nose. As he leaned in with his stethoscope to listen to the child’s lungs, the child looked up, smiled, and with ...

Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the U.S.—uses to infiltrate blood vessel cells while evading immune ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers are studying the potential of gold nanoparticles (yellow dots) to deliver drugs into the body. Veronika Sapozhnikova, ...

Shingles is no joke, and if you think it’s something you won’t have to worry about until your 50s or beyond, think again.

Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito, is a highly adapted, invasive mosquito species recognized as a major global health threat that acts as the primary vector for several severe ...

Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The illness, which typically causes fever, headache, appetite loss, and an itchy, bumpy, red rash, is caused by Varicella zoster virus (VZV). Even though we ...

Phages, viruses that attack bacteria, have a head and a tail. The head contains the phage's genetic material and the tail is used to identify a potential host, that is, a bacterial cell into which it ...

Duke researchers help reprogram immune cells inside the body, potentially expanding access to cancer therapies The following ...