Long after the acute infection fades, pieces of the virus behind COVID-19 can linger in the body and quietly sabotage the ...

'Zombie' coronavirus fragments not only help drive inflammation in long-COVID, but also destroy our immune cells. A recent ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New research from Northwestern Medicine shows that in some cases of severe COVID, the immune response actually killed cancer cells. Researchers are trying to harness that immune power ...

Researchers from Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute found that the COVID-19 virus triggers the development of a unique immune cell with anti-cancer properties, it said in a ...

A new study reveals that the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein can spread from infected to uninfected cells, triggering an immune response that mistakenly targets healthy cells. The research identifies ...

Researchers pinpoint the precise genetic & molecular mechanism behind rare COVID vaccine blood clots (VITT), revealing how immune system errors trigger dangerous clotting. Learn more.

A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows. Experiments in mice infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus revealed that the immune cell class in ...

The study involved 550 healthy U.S. adults ages 18 to 75 who received either the experimental combo vaccine and a placebo or ...

A new study links COVID-19 to an increased risk of heart attack. The higher risk continues for at least three years after having the virus. Doctors say this is another reason to get the updated ...

People who were diagnosed with severe COVID-19 infections from the first wave of the pandemic could face double the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study has found. The study, published this ...