Benzie County Central Schools is asking parents and students to not only be mindful of spreading diseases, but also avoid missing class during the cold and flu season. "We ask that you keep your child ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

— The flu, caused by influenza viruses that are always changing, leads to fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body ...

Two Greenville-area hospital systems will begin restricting patient visitations due to increased flu and respiratory illnesses.

There’s no medication for norovirus. Instead, you’ll need to rehydrate as much as possible with water and other liquids. Seek ...

A number of states are seeing a spike in hospital visits caused by respiratory illnesses as we enter the New Year.

You may commonly notice a wet or dry cough in kids. Coughing is a defensive response that clears the airways of irritants, ...

In today’s Health Alert, with coughing, sneezing, and other symptoms going around, how can you tell which illness you might ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

A first-time HMPV infection is more likely to cause severe illness, which is why worse cases are often seen in children. HMPV ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

“If a child is improving but then has a new fever, a lingering cough and difficulty breathing, they need to be checked for bacterial infections.” Both Noor and Gerberg said the best way to ...