One of the best ways to avoid getting sick is quite simple, according to Prianka Chawla, MD, Primary Care Physician at Tufts Medical Center: Keep your distance from people who are sick. But because of ...

Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic itching, asthma and migraine are in many cases hard-to-treat conditions. They have in common that they are triggered by an excessive immune response -- which in ...

Spanning four continents and enrolling hundreds of people, a new clinical trial will test the effectiveness of two anti-inflammatory medicines as potential treatments for long COVID, scientists from ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of Safetussin's Max Strength Multi-Symptom Cough, Cold, and Flu tablet blister packs. The packaging fails to meet the ...

More than 14,000 packs of cold and flu medicine have been recalled for a potential risk of child poisoning. About 14,250 packs of the cold and flu medicine have been recalled, the Consumer Product ...

The flu vaccine is recommended annually for all Americans 6 months and older, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — but a new study from Cleveland Clinic suggests that it might ...

Flu is circulating at low levels, according to UKHSA figures. The weekly hospital admission rate for the virus dropped to 2.38 per 100,000 (from 2.96 previous week). How to treat it ...

The cold season is upon us, and it's time to start thinking about which shots to get to help protect against Covid-19, flu and RSV. STAT senior writer Helen Branswell has the rundown on the ...

The common cold, which can be caused by one of over 200 different respiratory viruses, typically lasts seven to 10 days. You will know when your cold is nearly over when your symptoms, such as body ...

This symptom could be easily dismissed as a sign of a cold or the flu but it could signal something far more serious. By Fiona Callingham, Health Reporter specialising in medical studies ...