The 2025-26 flu season has been brutal, so far. At least 19 million Americans have had it, and it's not over yet. Flu season ...

We get it, it's the holiday season. No one wants to get family and friends sick -- and no one wants to miss out, either. With COVID rates up across the country, health experts are urging people to ...

Flu season is here in New Jersey, but other illnesses are in full swing as well. Reported flu cases at the end of December were more than double what they were at the same time last season. In winter ...

The question is simple: how long is someone with COVID contagious? The answer is complicated! One reference from GoodRx.com gave a bare bones summary. 1. People are most contagious with COVID in the ...

"It's a waste of resources." Long after COVID patients stop being contagious, their body continues to slough off fragments of dead virus cells, sometimes triggering a "positive" reading from COVID ...

Studies have shown that people may be contagious for about two days before developing COVID-19 symptoms. In fact, right before developing symptoms is when people are likely the most contagious, said ...

Weeks after North Carolina's first pediatric flu-related death of the season, influenza rates in the Tar Heel State remain high. A Dec. 17 article from the Citizen Times reported on a Western North ...

A newer COVID variant called XFG is currently fueling cases of the virus across the country. Nicknamed “Stratus,” this variant first took hold over the summer and now makes up nearly 70% of COVID-19 ...