African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and body ...

Passengers and crew members got sick with norovirus during two back-to-back outbreaks aboard a Cunard Line ship. Among 2,565 guests on its Queen Mary 2 vessel, 326 reported being ill during its ...

Landlaeknir (The Directorate of Health) previously said that 23 pupils from the Mánagarði kindergarten in the Vesturbær district of Reykjavík had been sick. The update was reported in December ...

“I felt sick,” she said. “I haven’t eaten for four days, I haven’t been able to sleep, and I’m working 12-hour days cleaning, trying to make it up to pay my mortgage.” She said she ...

You can do things that may help relieve motion sickness immediately, like looking out to the horizon. Some long-term solutions, including medications and vitamins, may also help. Any travel ...

“And I currently have a child down sick. The kids are really quick to pick up infections in spite of all of the measures.” For many, the holiday season is one filled with joy and making memorie ...

“I’ve been sick since the weekend and I haven’t been feeling too great,” Purton said. “I’m just exhausted so I need to have a bit of a rest. “When you’re constantly wasting and you ...

Experts say it’s better to spit out excess mucus when you’re sick, but there’s no harm in swallowing it. Respiratory viruses are spreading across the United States, and the Centers for ...

What is statutory sick pay (SSP)? Statutory sick pay, or SSP, is the minimum you must legally be paid if you're off sick from work. SSP is paid to employees of companies in the UK, who are off sick ...

Kiwis recall instances of being sick after staying at the Warwick Resort in Fiji. Photo / 123rf Seven people were hospitalised in critical condition on Saturday night after a suspected incident of ...

Viruses need a host to replicate, and they can survive outside only briefly. When people sick with a common cold or COVID-19 cough or sneeze, they let out respiratory droplets containing the virus ...

The staff struggled to isolate them because the hospital couldn’t feed them all, and sick patients left to search for meals in town. Soon, staff members began to fall ill as well; two nurses ...