At the surface, the immune response to a flu virus is simple. Some cells recognize the pathogen and send a signal to the ...

Q. When I was a young girl in the late 1950s, the bottoms of my feet were covered with plantar warts. It was almost ...

Titer tests are what's used "to help you determine if you currently have immunity to certain diseases due to past infection or vaccination,” says Dr. Alison Mitzner, a New York board-certified ...

Measles is resurging in the U.S., reaching a 33-year high due to lowered vaccination rates and misinformation. Beyond the ...

What the shingles vaccine does is it dampens reactivations of latent viruses in a way that may be protecting other parts of your body,” Martin said. Including, it seems, the brain. The measles, mumps ...

Ginger has long been used for its medicinal and culinary benefits. And while ginger shots are definitely trendy, they’re more than just a wellness trend. Turns out, there’s sc ...

A team at Scripps Research has created a microchip that can rapidly reveal how a person's antibodies respond to viruses using only a drop of blood. This game-changing technology, called mEM, condenses ...

Erin is a naturopath. She holds a bachelor of science (physiology) and a bachelor of natural medicine. Boosting your immunity ...