Inflammation can feel like a localized fever, with redness, pain, heat and swelling. It’s how the body works to protect you ...

You hear a lot about inflammation these days and how it’s bad for your health, but isn’t it also part of how your immune system protects you and keeps you healthy? At this point, I’m not sure I ...

The buzzy term gets blamed for many diseases. But it isn’t all bad. Credit...Pete Gamlen Supported by By Nina Agrawal Illustrations by Pete Gamlen Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We ...

Aging immune cells may be sabotaging the body from within. Researchers found that macrophages produce a protein that locks ...

When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

Inflammation can feel like a small storm inside your body. It brings heat, swelling, and pain as the immune system rushes to ...

Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.

Systemic inflammation has been elevated to a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor requiring assessment, monitoring, and modification, based on consensus recommendations.