The earliest and most obvious sign of this year's flu is a sudden high fever. And the dominant strain is going to strike hard ...

Learn how long the flu lasts, what symptoms occur at every stage, and what you can do to feel better and lower the risk of serious complications.

The spike isn’t unique to Ventura County. Positive tests have risen across the state. At least 65 bats with rabies have been found in Los Angeles County, the second highest tally in the county’s ...

The hepatitis A outbreak in Czechia is far from abating. Doctors have registered close to 3,000 cases this year, the worst ...

The Baltimore Sun spoke with Dr Aaron Milstone, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, ...

Scientists have captured a never-before-seen, high-resolution look at influenza’s stealthy invasion of human cells, revealing ...

If you feel ill but your symptoms are only above the neck — a stuffy nose, a bit of a sore throat — you could just have a ...

Vitamin C can actually help cut your cold short. One 2023 meta-analysis in BMC Public Health found that vitamin C had a ...

Prior exposure to coronaviruses that cause ordinary colds can boost the immune system's ability to attack a vulnerable site on the COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study led by ...

ONE MEDICATIONS, AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE SNIFFLES AND COUGHS WERE OFFICIALLY AND RESPIRATORY VIRUS SEASON. AND THAT’S WHY IT IS SUCH A CRITICAL TIME OF YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND ALSO TAKE ...

ANSWER: Both colds and influenza (the “flu”) are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B).

There is no one-to-one correlation between cold weather and getting sick. That old adage about stepping outside and catching a cold does not tell the whole story. What does matter is that winter ...