Wash your hands and cover your mouth. Here are more simple tips on how to prevent winter illnesses as we head into the ...

With back-to-school season in full swing, most parents are thinking about outfits, shopping lists, and first-day logistics. But there’s another thing to consider: school-year sniffles. With the return ...

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What more if it’s in a bigger public space with hundreds of people — like kids and senior citizens? All this said, here’s a quick guide to the proper etiquette for coughing when you’re in public.

There has been a rise in infections, in both adults and children, post Covid-19 pandemic. Adults are equipped to handle them ...

It is a parent’s job to protect their children from anything that may pose a threat to them, including contagious illnesses that could compromise their health. However, have modern-day parents gone ...

Proper handwashing could save a million lives a year, according to an expert — and yet many people are doing it improperly, often due to misconceptions surrounding the practice. Doctors recommend ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — It might not be Jack Frost nipping at your nose this holiday season. The Champaign Public Health District reports an increase in Pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough.

Cooler weather inevitably means cough, cold and flu season. It’s never too late to take precautions and set yourself up with healthy habits. “As much as we try, avoiding viruses, bacteria and germs to ...

I recently had one of those moments that only other parents or full-time caregivers of young children are likely to understand: I was holding my miserably sick baby, who was sneezing, coughing and ...