Last year’s outbreaks were the largest in a decade, fueled by an emerging variant of the highly contagious, hard-to-kill ...

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The flu can also cause a general feeling of fatigue or malaise, Ray says, as well as gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea ...

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 ...

“This year, [cases seem] to be out of control,” said Dr. Allison Agwu, a professor of adult and pediatric infectious diseases ...

With the arrival of winter, the Dominican Republic has seen a significant increase in respiratory viruses, especially influenza A and B, which cause the flu. Given this situation, the question arises: ...

VIVIAN, LA - DECEMBER 12: With a temperature of 103.8, Asa Moore, 6, of Vivian, Louisiana is examined by John Messier, a physician's assistant, at the North Caddo Surgical and Medical Center for ...

A new type of seasonal flu virus is raising concerns among health officials as winter approaches. Here's what to know about ...

They came for blood — and left behind something worse. Thousands of people in China have been infected with a painful mosquito-borne virus, triggering the country’s most aggressive public health ...

An uncommon tick-borne illness called Powassan virus is making headlines in New England right now because a newborn baby in Massachusetts is believed to have it. Here in Connecticut, the CDC says ...

Q How many cruises have been affected by the Norwalk virus? A The virus has been confirmed as the cause of outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on two cruise ships since late November; the U.S.