From five autoimmune diseases alone, healthcare costs and lost work time per 1,000 U.S. workers amounts to $580,000 annually.

Scientists have identified a protein in cells that spurs the release of infection-fighting molecules. The protein, whose role in the immune system had not previously been suspected, provides a ...

Type 1, not type 2 diabetes, is autoimmune. There are other rarer autoimmune types. Learn about type 2 diabetes, immunity, ...