Cold and flu season may be nastier than usual this year, experts say. Beyond getting your flu shot, it doesn’t hurt to brush up on the...
Enterovirus D68, a virus that typically causes respiratory symptoms and, in rare cases, severe illness in children, is likely fueling a rise in pediatric hospitalizations in...
The monkeypox outbreak in the US seems to be slowing down slightly—a positive bit of news after many months of confusion and uncertainty. Still, experts say...
Updated COVID boosters will be available this fall. The new formulas received a green light from both the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the...
Blowing your nose may offer in-the-moment relief, but it’s never anyone’s idea of a good time. Sometimes—especially when your snot is suddenly a striking shade of...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized updated COVID boosters for emergency use to try to reduce the impact of highly contagious variants. The...
There have been lots of important discussions online about how stigmatizing the response to the monkeypox outbreak has been, in part because the disease causes visible...
A Texas resident who was diagnosed with monkeypox has died, marking the first reported death of a person diagnosed with the virus in the US during...
This summer, two people sadly died after being infected by Naegleria fowleri, an organism that is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba. The first death...
There is no clear data on the vaccine’s efficacy in the current monkeypox outbreak since the disease has only been spreading in non-endemic countries since May...
