Outbreaks of norovirus, an extremely contagious stomach bug, can spread quickly. “‘Tis the season for germs,” said Dr.

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A study of human astrovirus structure reveals the strategy that the virus uses to enter the body, and illuminates the ...

From symptoms and recovery tips to the truth about common myths, here’s everything you need to know about norovirus this ...

Should you take vitamin C or zinc when you are sick with a common cold or influenza? Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains ...

In the Southern Hemisphere, the adjusted flu vaccine effectiveness rates against outpatient visits and hospitalizations were 50.4% and 49.7%. Only 21.3% of flu outpatients and 15.9% of hospitalized ...

Differences in men and women’s IBS symptoms – and how bad they are – may be due to differences in hormones. Men have more ...

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 ...

Last year's flu season was more severe than in recent years, with hospitalizations reaching their highest level since 2010-11. The CDC predicts a moderate flu season for this fall and winter. Flu ...

Infectious H5N1 avian influenza virus can persist in raw-milk cheeses while they are being made and for up to 120 days of aging, depending on the milk’s acidity (pH) level, according to a report ...

Libby Richards has received funding from the American Nurses Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute . As the autumn’s cool weather ...