Last week’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services in the second ...

Kids contracting the illness should focus on getting plenty of rest, staying hydrated, and managing fever and aches with ...

Pertussis cases in Texas have tripled this year. DSHS urges vaccination and early treatment to prevent severe complications, especially in young children.

While symptoms of the flu and COVID are similar, the viruses that cause each illness are different. New tests this winter season can tell you at home what you’re sick with.

The COVID-19 virus spreads via mucus once inside an infected airway, allowing it to reach into the lower lungs, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

Madison County Public Health has announced an increase in pertussis cases among school-aged children in the county. Pertussis, also called whooping cough, is a bacterial ...

After navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, parents may be alarmed to hear of this rise in an illness among children. But the pathogen isn’t a new one, and we have effective treatments to combat it.