The symptoms of the cold and flu are numerous: fever, chills, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, and feeling downright miserable. Each season, we hope to elude these familiar nemeses, and yet they ...

That tickle in your throat or runny nose may be much more than a common cold; it could be the flu (or worse, COVID-19), any of which could derail your Christmas and New Year's Eve plans. Common cold, ...

In a clip from the BBC Archive, people share their homespun remedies for the flu in the late 1950s. We put a few to the test.

While the holidays are still around the corner, the 2025-2026 flu season has already arrived in Kentucky and across the U.S. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu is a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...

Last winter, flu activity broke records in the U.S. And while this flu season is just starting — and it's already shaping up to be another rough one. Flu is picking up steam earlier this year than ...

Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as “subclade K,” led to early outbreaks in ...

If you’ve ever had food poisoning or the stomach flu, you know that neither one is a particularly pleasant experience. Many of the symptoms are the same, but there are a few ways to tell which type of ...

As the UK endures a cold, prolonged winter, respiratory illnesses are tightening their grip once again. While influenza remains a familiar seasonal threat, adenovirus has emerged as a quieter but ...