New research has uncovered a hidden pathway that allows COVID-19 to infect the immune system and trigger damaging inflammation in the lungs. The study by La Trobe University and WEHI researchers found ...

Inflammation is one of the body’s natural defenses. When you get a cut or catch an infection, your immune system creates ...

Researchers at University College London have identified a molecular mechanism the human body uses to shut down acute ...

Understanding inflammation—and, above all, how to regulate it—is one of the great medical challenges of modern medicine. Its ...

Antibiotics are designed to kill harmful bacteria and help the body recover from infection. But some antibiotics may also push bacteria to release tiny particles that can make inflammation worse.

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

Schlesinger is a physician-scientist and professor, president, and CEO of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization in San Antonio, Texas. The connection between infection ...

Nearly a year and a half after infection, researchers examined whether long COVID leaves measurable traces of inflammation or neuronal damage in the blood and their findings challenge assumptions ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising link between hidden tooth infections and blood sugar problems. Deep infections around tooth roots can create chronic inflammation that spreads through the body ...