The U.S. has seen earlier and more intense surges of the flu and RSV this year than is typical, pediatrician Dr. Ryan Fulton ...

Early signs of whooping cough in adults look very much like a common cold, Dr. Loafman says. For the first week or so of ...

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

Says a pediatric infectious disease physician, “Our expectation is that we’re going to have several more weeks yet of a lot ...

Early symptoms may include: The symptoms of HIV infection may last from a few days to weeks. They may go away on their own. Misdiagnosis of early HIV infection is common. If you think you have HIV, ...

Still, it is wise to treat anyone with severe gastrointestinal symptoms as if they could have norovirus, prompting those ...

As health officials report a surge of winter viruses, health experts are warning that heart disease symptoms can sometimes ...

Johanna Contreras, M.D., a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital in New York City, said she has seen people mistaking virus symptoms for serious heart complications. Some patients who ...

It is rare for a tooth infection to spread to other parts of the body. However, if this does happen, the consequences can be severe. The following symptoms could indicate that a tooth infection ...

Epidemiologic studies reveal that the incidence of a specific cancer type may vary in different populations according to environmental, genetic, and nutritional factors. Socioeconomic status also ...

Parents are being urged to be aware of the symptoms and to keep their kids off ... with an average of 898 people a day in hospital with the virus last week, with cases 30% higher than the same ...