Immunology

Easing your child's allergies

(HealthDay)—Up to 40 percent of children in the United States have nasal allergies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.

Health

Try home remedies for child's cough or cold

(HealthDay)—Instead of turning to over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, parents should consider treating their children with home remedies, says a leading group of U.S. pediatricians.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Woman isolated in Hong Kong hospital over MERS

A woman was rushed to a Hong Kong hospital Wednesday on suspicion she had contracted the potentially deadly MERS virus, as an outbreak in South Korea triggers alarm elsewhere in Asia.

Immunology

Danish nasal filter more than halves symptoms of hay fever

Getting through the pollen season can now become easier for some of the approximately 500 million people worldwide who suffer from sneezing and a runny nose, watery eyes and drowsiness during the allergy season (seasonal ...

Immunology

Ease allergy symptoms without injections

It's been a winter to remember in the Tristate, complete with snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures. But with temperatures finally warming up, spring is in sight with challenges of its own: seasonal allergies.

Immunology

Spring allergies coming into bloom

(HealthDay)—With winter loosening its icy grip on most of the United States, it's time to think about spring allergies, a doctor says.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Canada warns of measles at Christian youth event

Canadian health officials warned Monday that a person with measles may have spread the virus at a recent large gathering of Christian youth in Toronto.

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