Valley fever cases are up almost 50% in Arizona in 2024. Here's what to know
Valley fever cases are up almost 50% in Arizona in 2024. It's not contagious as a person has to be exposed to fungal spores ...
Bird Flu Is About to Crash Flu Season. It Could Get Ugly.
It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in US dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans ...
Is It a Stomach Bug or Norovirus? Here's How to Spot the Highly Contagious Illness
If you've had more than one friend cancel plans due to a nasty "stomach flu" or "stomach bug," they might actually have ...
Cold season tips: How to avoid catching COVID and flu during the holidays
Updated vaccines, proper hygiene and staying home when you're sick can help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses this ...
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Key influenza-severity risk factor found hiding in plain sight on our antibodies
Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading pathogens.
Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition
Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...
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Canadian teenager in critical condition with presumptive bird flu as U.S. official warns the virus ‘seems to be gearing up for wider impact’
As a Canadian teenager’s condition worsened amid the first presumptive positive test for bird flu in that country in over ...
Magic Johnson once played in the NBA Finals with flu-like symptoms
Everyone knows about Michael Jordan's "sick" game in the 1997 NBA Finals, but Lakers legend Magic Johnson had his own such ...
Fall illness rising again this year. Here’s the latest on COVID, flu, RSV, pneumonia
Cases of COVID-19 have waned in the weeks since the launch of the latest booster shot and the beginning of the academic school year. But, once again, COVID-19 isn’t the only respiratory infection ...