Most colds clear up on their own, but some get worse. Here are the warning signs your cold is getting worse—and when to ...

Coughing, sneezing and wheezing—these common cold symptoms are often considered a default way of life each January. Yes, respiratory viruses certainly peak when much of the U.S. is crammed inside, ...

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 ...

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning of a recent increase in cases of "walking pneumonia" what are the symptoms to watch for? The CDC reported earlier this month that bacterial ...

Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 has been rampant among young children.

The winter surge of respiratory viruses is underway. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to record rising levels of hospitalizations associated with Covid-19 as well as ...

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The Centers for Disease Control has issued an alert due to an upswing – most noticeably in pediatric cases – of mycoplasma pneumoniae, the cause of what’s commonly known as “walking pneumonia.” ...