Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Winter & kid's asthma: High time for flare-ups
Cold, dry winter air and a trio of spreading viruses could cause children's asthma to flare up this winter season.
Dec 21, 2022
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Medications
COVID nasal sprays may one day prevent and treat infection
We have vaccines to boost our immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. We have medicines you can take at home (and in hospital) to treat COVID. Now researchers are trialing something new.
Nov 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Allergies & asthma: Keep sneezes & wheezes at bay this holiday season
It's possible to have a joy-filled holiday season while keeping allergies and asthma in check.
Nov 28, 2022
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Health
What in the world is antimicrobial resistance?
Antimicrobials are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites resist the effects of available antimicrobial medications. ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID, flu, RSV: How this triple threat of respiratory viruses could collide this winter
As the days get shorter and the weather colder in the northern hemisphere, health officials have warned of a perfect storm of infectious respiratory diseases over the winter months.
Nov 9, 2022
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Health
Can wet hair make you sick?
Your mom may have warned you that going outside with wet hair will make you sick. But is this just a superstition or can damp hair outdoors make you ill?
Oct 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The flu is coming. Here's what you can do to protect yourself and your family
After a COVID-19-induced two-year break, influenza seems to be coming back with a vengeance.
Oct 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
U.S. doctors on the frontlines of hepatitis outbreak striking kids
As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, doctors in Alabama are investigating nine such cases in that state.
Apr 27, 2022
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Why do I (and my kids) get so many colds? And with all this COVID around, should we be isolating too?
As we head toward winter, the likelihood of picking up a pesky cold increases. But COVID changes how we approach sore throats and runny noses.
Mar 28, 2022
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Environmental factors and their role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2
In December of 2019, several cases of atypical pneumonia caused by an unknown agent were reported in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in China. In early January 2020, it was announced that these cases were caused ...
Feb 4, 2022
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