"Early strains of COVID used to make people lose their sense of taste or smell, but that symptom is significantly less common today," says Dr. Michael Dosik, MD, a primary care physician with Medical ...

His heart doctor explains the risk factors for myocarditis—heart inflammation—why it’s so dangerous, and what to look out for ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a virus that spreads between people. Find out how to protect yourself and those close to you.

If you feel a cough coming on in the next few weeks or months, you won’t be alone. Respiratory illness activity typically begins to ramp up in the fall and winter. And that tickle in your throat — or ...

Flu, COVID-19, the common cold and RSV have similarities, but they differ in their severity, contagiousness and symptoms. Vaccines are available for COVID-19, the flu and RSV. However, there is no ...

As has been the case each year since 2022, updated COVID-19 vaccines were released leading into the fall season, and the shots should be broadly available to people age 6 months and up. For the first ...

Respiratory viruses are more active from October through March. Use over-the-counter COVID tests and clinical tests to distinguish respiratory viruses. Health officials advise vaccines, testing and ...

Autumn brings cooler weather, fall activities and holidays, but amid all things pumpkin spice and Halloween, a cough, runny nose or fever can bring down the fall fun. “Now that we’re getting into what ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

It's a fourteener. But one that no one enjoys. Instead of a sky-scraping Colorado peak, over 14,000 is the number of Coloradans who have been hospitalized with a viral respiratory disease since Oct. 1 ...

Carl isn’t happy in his job—it’s boring, he doesn’t particularly like his coworkers, and especially his supervisor, who is a micromanager—but he has a pension and a couple of kids that he’d like to ...