The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with ...

Wintertime unfortunately means cold and flu season. And for the estimated 40 million people who get the flu each year, it can ...

It’s a respiratory infection that tends to get the most airtime among parents of infants, as young children are especially likely to catch it and have a bad case. But adults can certainly get it, too.

HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body's immune system and makes ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Symbravo (meloxicam and rizatriptan) for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults.

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Should vaccination rates drop across the board, one of the first diseases to be resurrected would almost certainly be measles ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting marketing authorization for the pneumococcal vaccine Capvaxive ...

Surgical patients may still have leftovers in their system even after a standard fast, potentially increasing the chance of a ...

Kidney failure, which causes problems with blood cell production. Treatment for cancer (chemotherapy) that slows down your body’s production of blood cells. Different medical problems may need ...

Flu symptoms usually come on suddenly. People who have flu often feel some or all of these signs and symptoms: Some people also may experience vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in ...

Older adults are also more likely to be on chronic medications, like antipsychotics or anticholinergics, that increase the risk of pneumonia while masking the symptoms, such as coughing. In adults ...