While some may be under the impression that getting the flu is similar to having a cold, a Canadian doctor warns that influenza can lead to serious and even deadly complications.

Medical science has been remarkably successful over the past two centuries at preventing and curing what were once common ...

Bacteria live all around us, even in us. Though some bacterial pathogens can cause dangerous infections, many of those microbes are harmless. Sometimes, the same strain of bacteria can lead to very ...

Among adults older adults, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection increases the risk of cardiovascular events over the ...

An infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) typically affects infants much harder than adults. While adults usually ...

A new study has found that a significant percentage of adults in the United States have at least one risk factor for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), even as eligibility for the RSV ...

Data from a phase 3 trial designed to compare pralsetinib with standard therapy for certain patients with advanced lung cancer revealed a risk for severe — and potentially fatal — infections with the ...

A new study has found that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections were more frequent and severe compared with influenza A/B in older adults. Older adults were more likely to have respiratory ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and ...

Prominent MMA and wrestling figure Ben Askren is in the hospital with severe pneumonia, his wife disclosed via social media on Saturday. Amy Askren shared a post on her Facebook page that provided an ...

A judge blamed “deliberate indifference” for the illness of a man held by immigration officials. Across the country, several ...