The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

Fever in children and teens may occur due to various reasons. This is also called febrile response or pyrexia, in which the ...

A baby's cough can range in cause and severity. Recognizing the factors that differentiate between a minor cough that is ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

— The flu, caused by influenza viruses that are always changing, leads to fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body ...

According to the CDC, “flu symptoms usually come on suddenly.” Some of the most common symptoms include fever or feeling ...

There’s no medication for norovirus. Instead, you’ll need to rehydrate as much as possible with water and other liquids. Seek ...

A number of states are seeing a spike in hospital visits caused by respiratory illnesses as we enter the New Year.

Kids in Detroit may face multiple barriers to getting the care they need to keep their asthma under control, including lack ...

You may commonly notice a wet or dry cough in kids. Coughing is a defensive response that clears the airways of irritants, ...

In today’s Health Alert, with coughing, sneezing, and other symptoms going around, how can you tell which illness you might ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...