Fall and winter mark the peak season for common respiratory infections such as COVID-19; respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV; influenza, better known as the flu; and the common cold. These illnesses ...

One home swab now tells a household which of four winter respiratory viruses is present. But it can miss real infections that a lab PCR would catch ...

The rate of antiviral prescriptions in emergency departments (EDs) for children at a high risk for severe influenza decreased by more than half during the late pandemic vs pre-pandemic period, despite ...

Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, infectious disease experts continue to draw on its lessons for future disasters. "We learned during COVID that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) So if your child comes down with symptoms like a cough, runny nose or sore throat, ...