Newport Hospital Pharmacist-in-Charge Eric M. D’Agostino offers tips to get you through the winter sick season.

The best way to prevent many of these viruses is by getting a vaccine. To help prevent the common cold, our pharmacist says ...

Plus, what doctors recommend to help safeguard your health.

The Baltimore Sun spoke with Dr Aaron Milstone, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, ...

If you feel ill but your symptoms are only above the neck — a stuffy nose, a bit of a sore throat — you could just have a ...

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Health officials say they expect a pretty robust triple threat this season: RSV, influenza and pneumonia.

You may find yourself reaching for kleenex and a thermometer this fall, a sure sign that cold and flu seasons are back. As temperatures begin to drop, the illnesses will begin to spread. But you can ...

Alternative medicine experts say which herbs and tricks they use on sick days. Oct. 30, 2008 — -- A cold is the most common illness on the planet, and having a medical degree hardly makes you ...

ANSWER: Both colds and influenza (the “flu”) are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B).

Learn the key symptom differences between flu strains, which is more dangerous, and how the vaccine protects you from both ...

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