These germs are infectious and can stay on surfaces and make you sick if they enter your body. How long they can "live" (remain infectious) on a surface varies. Some cold and flu viruses can ...

Toothbrushes can harbor bacteria and viruses, especially after an illness. Experts recommend replacing toothbrushes ...

But folklore is stubborn, capable of resisting even the most compelling facts. By 1925, when Popular Science reported the ...

Before germs were first spied under a microscope ... respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV), and parainfluenza (non-flu) viruses. While a universal common cold vaccine remains elusive, many of ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in viral upper respiratory infections, a stomach bug, strep throat ...

Like any mother, I would gladly contract every plague known to nature if it would spare my children pain. But my subject here ...

Think you're cleaning enough? Think again! Everyday items harbour hidden bacteria, some worse than a toilet seat, here’s what ...

Becca Whittle tells PEOPLE she was having dinner with her family when she noticed that her daughter, Harper, wasn’t feeling well and was showing flu-like symptoms.

You should see a doctor promptly if your cough is accompanied by fevers, chills, night sweats, coughing up blood, shortness ...

Dentists recommend replacing your toothbrush every three months. Even before that, if the bristles are frayed or broken, or ...

Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active ...