A surge in respiratory illness is typical for this time of year, and the simultaneous outbreak of highly contagious norovirus is piling on to the public health risk. Commonly known as stomach flu, ...

Ohio Department of Health director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff cautioned Ohioans to continue to take these illnesses seriously.

The Ohio Department of Health held a press briefing to address growing health concerns regarding the spread of respiratory viruses during the peak period for transmission.

This is the time of year when we see more people getting sick. When temperatures drop people start spending more time inside. That means they are in closer quarters and germs ...

Dr. Ben Weston, chief health policy advisor for Milwaukee County, joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to talk about how you can ...

Both doctors recommend staying home, and away from work or school, if you’re sick, so you don’t give it to others. Also ...

This week we welcomed the federal government's announcement that a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant women would be included on ...

Inflammation can trigger heart attacks in people with coronary artery disease. It can also exacerbate heart failure symptoms and irregular or rapid heartbeats, leading to hospitalization, the hospital ...

Illinois had at least 103 outbreaks of the stomach bug norovirus in November and December — a dramatic increase from previous years, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. During the ...

Flu rates have dropped since their peak but remain almost 2.5 times higher than last year, with 3,833 patients in hospital ...

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

An average of 41% of patients ready to leave hospital last week were discharged each day, according to data from NHS England.