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The winter months bring an increase in respiratory illnesses, leaving many people wondering whether their symptoms indicate a common cold or influenza. While both conditions affect the respiratory ...

Last winter, flu activity broke records in the U.S. And while this flu season is just starting — and it's already shaping up to be another rough one. Flu is picking up steam earlier this year than ...

A more severe and highly contagious new strain of the flu is circulating this season. It's called subclade K, or more popularly "super flu." "This has the potential to be a pretty bad respiratory ...

Long before pharmacies became the first stop, common flu symptoms were handled quietly at home, guided by grandmothers' experience. Their remedies were not written in books but remembered through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...