The government has launched a sick note crackdown, with plans to tell GPs to stop signing people off work. Instead, GP ...

Some people are infected yet don’t get sick, because they had a really good inflammatory response. It seems that people in some professions, such as teachers, get sick more often.

Being sick is no fun, but three in four Americans recently surveyed (74%) have secretly enjoyed being sick and staying home.

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP's work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they're unable to hold jobs.

Salmonella outbreaks linked to cucumbers have sickened hundreds of people since last year, drawing attention to the problem of contaminated irrigation water on farms.

For a capitalist society like ours, sick people have become very important, and under this system, some people will always be worth more sick than well.

This is a red alert for sick people who need care: If you have heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, mental illness or any other health condition, watch out. About 133 million Americans could ...

Should you stay home from work or school if you're under the weather? Here's how to navigate sick etiquette at this stage of the pandemic.

Duolingo hasn’t been in the news lately, and the company’s owl mascot is sick of it. Literally. Many people started noticing recently that the chipper green owl whose face appears on Duolingo ...

Personally, I think making Duo look like he was melting earlier in the year and saving the sick icon for October/November would have made more sense — high temperatures here are still in the mid ...

You're likely to get sick more often from being around lots of people (especially kids) and if you don't wash your hands enough, experts say.

As freight railroad workers look to Congress to provide them with paid sick days, millions of other American employees have no safety net if they fall ill.