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A new genomic study suggests that Indigenous populations in present-day Ecuador also adapted to the tuberculosis bacterium, thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.

People living in urban areas report significantly worse hay fever symptoms according to the first study to compare pollution levels with the severity and duration of real-time symptoms.

A California policy restricting antibiotic use in animals raised for food is associated with a reduction in one type of antibiotic-resistant infection in people in the state, according to a new study.

New research has shown that key immune cells don't work properly in premature babies, making them vulnerable to deadly infections.

The antibodies produced by the first COVID-19 vaccine have been shown to "mop up" the booster vaccine before it can stimulate the immune system in new research from Northwestern University.

According to research, vaccination against COVID-19 is associated with fewer heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular issues among people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2.

NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

According to research, certain polyphenols found in commonly consumed foods could have the potential to reduce the suffering of those with autoimmune diseases.

A 53-year-old male patient in Düsseldorf is the third person to achieve long-term human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) remission after receiving a stem cell therapy. The case study is published in Nature.

Researchers have discovered that many differences exist in the genes encoding our T-cell receptors between persons and populations.