This time of year, there are lots of cold and flu viruses going around and if you get one, you know that there isn’t much your doctor can do. While antibiotics can fight bacteria, there are no prescriptions for viruses. That doesn’t mean, however, that nature hasn’t supplied us wi...
The cold and flu season are starting to take over New York State. With flu numbers on the rise, from Niagara Falls to Albany, it is time to really remember what your mom and dad taught you about staying healthy through the winter. As a father of four kids, under seven years old, I ...
In recent months, COVID-19 symptoms appear to have remained largely the same as they have for the past year, with cold and flu-like signs – cough, headache, muscle aches, runny nose and fatigue – reported most often.As for BA.2.86, officials say it is too early to say whether that...
Researchers are going to continue to play around with this virus, and this time, they are looking to extract a wild version instead of using a lab-created one. This approach is said to better simulate real-world conditions and assess the true potential threat posed by GX_P2V. What a...
•Make sure that shared spaces have good air flow and avoid going to crowded places such as hospitals, railway stations and airports. 4 . •Seek prompt medical attention if you have symptoms of fever and respiratory infection. •Avoid close contact with people who have flu or cold-like ...
And now, in December, babies as young as 6 months old are eligible as well. Public health officials have long hoped that the arrival of cold weather and flu season would give people a natural push to get up-to-date on both their flu vaccines and their COVID-1...
Frosty pine trees rim the edge of an icy lake. Snow is falling; spa music plays in the background. A gray-haired man with a pleasant face stands beside the lake. He begins to undress. He is going swimming, he explains, to demonstrate his faith, and his opposition to science, to......
• Make sure that shared spaces have good air flow and avoid going to crowded places such as hospitals, railway stations and airports. 39 . • Seek prompt medical attention if you have symptoms of fever and respiratory infection. • Avoid close contact with people who have flu or cold...
Thenew viruscomes from a large family of coronaviruses, some causing nothing worse than a cold. In 2002, one called SARS caused an outbreak of severe pneumonia in China and spread to other countries. It infected more than 8,000 people and killed nearly 800 until it was controlled by some...
There are many strains of coronavirus in the U.S.; they are behind illnesses like the common cold. COVID-19 is a little bit different: It's both more severe and more contagious than the typical flu. This 2019 version of coronavirus most likely originated from livestock exposure. ...