With measles outbreaks, flu spikes, and COVID as a seasonal threat, learn key differences between these contagious diseases, ...

Thanksgiving week is typically one of the biggest travel periods of the year, but winter holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve aren't that far behind—and all that traveling, ...

Respiratory viruses are more active from October through March. Use over-the-counter COVID tests and clinical tests to distinguish respiratory viruses. Health officials advise vaccines, testing and ...

Do you have a sore throat, a runny nose and muscle aches? It could be a common cold, a case of the flu -- or COVID-19. The illnesses all share similar symptoms, sometimes making it hard to distinguish ...

Such knowledge could be particularly useful when it comes to COVID-19. Granted, the symptoms of the latest Omicron variants don’t tend to be severe, but testing positive means isolating for several ...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Feb ...

If you partied hard or just enjoyed seeing family during the winter holidays (whether it was Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve or all of them!), chances are you were exposed to their germs.

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