Results for "Cold and Flu"

If you’ve ever flown on a plane, driven through the mountains or been sick with a head cold, chances are you’ve dealt with the uncomfortable plugged-up...

It’s OK to admit it. Raise your hand if you’ve taken a peek at a used tissue after blowing your nose. As gross as this may be to admit, plenty of people...

COVID-19 and the flu aren’t the only viruses around causing us to feel miserable. If you or your child has a case of the sniffles, another common culprit...

You have lymph nodes throughout your body—they’re in your neck, armpits, chest, belly and groin area. Sometimes they get swollen. You might notice a lump...

You feel the telltale cold or flu symptoms coming on—maybe it’s a cough, runny nose, sneezing and stuffy head. You will want to choose the best medication...

Here’s the problem with diagnosing and treating viral and bacterial infections—symptoms can look similar, but treatments are different. For example, say...

If you recently caught the flu (influenza), chances are the symptoms really knocked you down for the count. The fever, chills, sore throat, cough and body...

Here’s an important stat that you’ve probably never heard: about half of adults hospitalized with the flu also have heart disease. Yes, heart problems...

If you’re a parent, your pediatrician may have warned you not to give your child aspirin. But why? There’s a link between aspirin and Reye’s syndrome,...

COVID-19 is still here and, unfortunately, flu season is also on its way. It’s not possible to definitively predict what will happen in the weeks and months...