Illness

Norovirus rates have skyrocketed by 340% this season. Here’s where the ‘winter vomiting disease’ is spreading and why
The CDC reported 91 norovirus outbreaks the week of Dec. 5, 2024, up from 69 the previous week. Read More

Got COVID? Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines
The CDC no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive, but recommends taking other precautions once your ...

Norovirus is surging in the U.S. What you need to know, from length of symptoms to protecting yourself
The CDC said there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5 alone. Read More

What to know about whooping cough symptoms and spread amid 2024 outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as ...

Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination
More than 41,000 people in the U.S. died of pneumonia in 2022, according to the CDC. Read More

Could your cough be walking pneumonia? Here are the symptoms of the spiking bacterial illness
Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading
Taking precautions to protect yourself from the quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of bringing an illness into ...

A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu in the U.S. They’re in critical condition with severe respiratory symptoms
Ducks with bird flu also known as poultry flu are collected and put in a container on Pommernhof in Zarnewanz ...

RFK Jr. has accused the FDA of suppressing hydroxychloroquine. Now, the study that suggested its use in COVID is retracted.
Elsevier issued its formal retraction on Tuesday. Read More

Moderna RSV vaccine trial paused after five infants required hospitalization
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