By Knvul Sheikh Each fall, the flu emerges as a formidable force, spreading through the droplets produced when people cough, sneeze or talk, and sometimes hitching a ride to our noses by way of ...

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a contagious viral respiratory infection. Symptoms, like a fever, body aches, and sore throat, typically go away on their own within one week. Flu season ...

"If you come in with some symptoms of cough or sore throat or runny nose, whatever it is, I can't tell you if that's a cold, if it's walking pneumonia, if it's COVID or the flu. You do need to ...

Symptoms of viruses like COVID and flu overlap with each other, but there are ways you can narrow it down to get the treatment you need. Jessica is a writer on the Wellness team with a focus on ...

While drugs like Paxlovid are accessible for treating Covid, antiviral treatments for influenza, like Tamiflu, are usually reserved for people who have tested positive for the flu and are at risk ...

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Protection from flu vaccines takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may protect you ahead of the holidays. Jessica is a writer on the Wellness team with a focus on health ...

The Food and Drug Administration is making it easier for people to simultaneously test themselves for COVID-19 and the flu at home. The agency this week authorized the Healgen Scientific's Rapid ...

October is the prime time to get a flu vaccine to protect yourself through the worst of the respiratory season. However, keep your expectations in check. This year’s shot may be less effective ...

Flu season is officially upon us and cases are expected to jump across the country any day now. With that, questions about how to recover from the flu faster are already popping up. Right now ...

There is concern that hybrid viruses can emerge from pigs with characteristics that allow them to infect humans more easily US agricultural officials detected H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time ...

Flu season is here again, making it important to do what you can to be prepared. According to doctors, the best way to protect yourself against the flu is to get a flu shot. But, while you’re ...