Flu season is here with some other ickiness joining the petri dish party, including allergies, strep, pneumonia, COVID-19 and norovirus.

Practicing good hand hygiene is essential to staying healthy, because the virus is highly contagious and can live on common ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing cases of the flu, RSV and other viral respiratory ...

RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, usually peaks in December and January while infecting the nose, throat and lungs, usually ...

Oysters from one part of Louisiana have been recalled after 15 people got sick with norovirus-like illnesses. State health ...

Highs will be either side of the 30-degree mark, lows will often drop into the teens, and those biting breezes will lead to lower wind chills both day and night. There's an interesting dilemma for ...

There were 91 suspected or confirmed norovirus outbreaks reported in the United States in the first week of December, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exceeding the ...

I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my ...

Learn the differences between norovirus, rotavirus, stomach flu and COVID and the best ways to treat each one.

William Schaffner, Vanderbilt University (THE CONVERSATION) The highly contagious norovirus – popularly known as “stomach flu” or the “winter vomiting bug” – is now surging through the U.S.. The ...

Norovirus is a virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. While it's commonly called the stomach flu or stomach bug, norovirus is not related to the flu, which is caused by the influenza virus.

What's up with norovirus, COVID-19, the flu, RSV and other winter illnesses on Cape Cod? Health experts tell us what they're seeing - and offer tips.