A surge in respiratory and mosquito-borne illnesses drove an increase in health risks in 2024. COVID infections climbed, fueled by new variants like KP.3 and LB.1, though hospitalizations remained low ...

Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or tuberculosis. Symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain, ...

Flu is a viral infection affecting the nose, throat and lungs, mostly during the winter months. It is far worse than an ...

Still, it is wise to treat anyone with severe gastrointestinal symptoms as if they could have norovirus, prompting those ...

A new variant of the H5N1 bird flu — the same one that led to the death of a Louisiana man — has for first the first time ...

Many of us will likely remember our mothers warning us: "Don’t go out without a coat or you’ll catch a cold!". While some may ...

Research shows that low protein intake is also a risk factor for bone injuries, such as stress fractures. One study on female ...

The Peoria County Health Department has confirmed one tuberculosis (TB) case in the county, and the patient is now in active ...

Seven-year-old Harmony from Sheffield is supporting The Children’s Hospital Charity by taking part in Theo’s Pyjama Day in ...

Dr Catherine Kettleborough, lead of the LifeArc Chronic Respiratory Infection Translational Challenge ... instead of the decades it can take to develop entirely new therapies.” ...

Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to have unpredictable effects and may cause viral particles to move around ...

It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the ...