Why do people get fevers when we get sick? It's a common misconception that pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2 or the flu, cause fevers. But it's not that simple, report Phil Starks and Harry Bernheim, ...

A new study about the long-term benefits of everyday germs may have parents thinking twice before slathering their kids with antibacterial soap. Researchers at Northwestern University found that ...

WE WENT TO THE EXPERTS FOR ANSWERS. THERE’S ALL SORTS OF NASTY STUFF OUT THERE. YOU DON’T NEED TO TELL THIS GROUP. THEY ALREADY KNOW THE VIRUSES, THE BACTERIA, EVEN THE BUGS ARE BACK. ONE CATCH OR IS ...

I wanted to report this story last month, but I was too sick with COVID. My kid gave it to me. My colleagues on the health reporting team would have tackled the story, but they've been sick, too, ...

Students wait for temperature checks before entering the PS 179 elementary school in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn on Sept. 29. (Mark Lennihan/AP) Perspective by William C. Miller “Wash your ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system's memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left more ...