In addition to allergies, COVID-19, RSV, influenza and a new Cicada COVID variant are on the rise. But which one do you have? Here's the differences ...

Do you have a sore throat, a runny nose and muscle aches? It could be a common cold, a case of the flu -- or COVID-19. The illnesses all share similar symptoms, sometimes making it hard to distinguish ...

Many people confuse flu with the common cold, but experts warn that influenza can lead to serious complications and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you are hearing that "something is going around," you are not alone. That something is the flu. There were 12,211 reported ...

Dr. Shira Doron, chief infection control officer at Tufts Medicine, says it can be difficult to tell the difference between ...

A particularly nasty flu season is peaking in Iowa and several hospitals in the state report admissions spikes and flooded emergency rooms. One Des Moines hospital even postponed all elective ...

Dear Doctors: My wife started getting sick a few days before Halloween. We were worried that it was going to turn into a bad respiratory illness, but it stayed in her nose and throat. That’s a common ...

With winter here, cases of flu and colds will inevitably rise, but experts are issuing fresh warnings this year as a new strain of flu, spreading more easily than others, is set to put hospital ...