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 ...

Research reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer's disease. The study, in fruit flies and ...

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

The King's College London study, published in Nature Communications, offers insight into how long-term inflammation may ...

Credit: Getty Images Our work suggests that targeting the brain-muscle axis could offer new treatment strategies for muscle fatigue. Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s ...

Tuberculous meningitis is one of the most severe forms of tuberculosis and remains extremely difficult to treat. Even with recommended antibiotics and corticosteroids, at least one in four patients ...

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

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major cause of global liver morbidity, leading to progressive ...

Adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection have an increased risk for hospitalization, according to a study published online in the August ...

A blocked nose, facial pressure and a lingering headache are often brushed off as a stubborn cold or seasonal allergy.