WE all know that scratchy feeling at the back of your throat – the dreaded, tell-tale sign that a cold is on the way. One ...

“If you’re sick, don’t go visit other people. Stay at home and use those extra couple of days to get better,” Dr. Carrico said. “Mom said that if you have a cough or sneeze, let’s do that in a tissue ...

Four groups of people who are at “higher risk” of an infectious winter illness have been issued an urgent warning by the NHS. The health body explained that cases of flu are “on the rise” across the ...

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It’s been five years since the coronavirus outbreak, and while vaccines have made things safer for those more vulnerable, Covid is still something we ought to look out for and be made aware of. The ...

The sneezing, itchy eyes and coughing elicited by some allergens are caused by proteins creating holes in airway cells, reports a study published this week in Nature 1. The findings challenge ...

Update: On Friday, July 18, officials in Haywood County, North Carolina, confirmed an additional case of whooping cough, this time in an adult. This is the seventh case. Health officials say all other ...

Update:On Friday, officials in Haywood County, North Carolina, confirmed an additional case of whooping cough.Officials said there were now six confirmed cases in children and teens under the age of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a quick cough, just a tickle. Do I have to apologize to the people around me? I didn’t do it intentionally. Same with a sneeze. I could maybe give an “excuse me,” but I’ve ...

It's allergy season, but 2025 is also a year for the common cold. Cold and flus are at an all-time high, making it difficult to discern what your symptoms are trying to tell you. If you're reaching ...

A child in Broward County has become the second confirmed case of measles in South Florida in the last two months, state records showed. The newest case was confirmed to be a child who is less than 5 ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...