Learn more about the microbes that take in PFAS, the harmful, long-lasting chemicals that can hang out in the human body for years at a time.

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Inflammation is the immune response flooding a site of infection with immune cells. First observed and described by the ...

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A new study by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that joint tissue from patients with ...

In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by ...

Drawing on his research in understanding factors impacting infection tolerance, Brian P. Lazzaro discusses the importance of ...

Influenza hemagglutinin subunit vaccines are more effective and offer better cross protection against various influenza virus ...

Wildfires have been raging along the West Coast and in Canada for most of the spring and summer. For some U.S. residents, ...

The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense against pathogens and foreign substances. An essential component of this system are pattern recognition receptors, which recognize non-self ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.