Flu symptoms often arrive together. Fever is believed to make the lungs less hospitable to viral multiplication. Coughing and sneezing help clear excess mucus from the airways. The heavy fatigue and ...

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, often causes fever, body aches, and a sore throat. These symptoms usually resolve in a week. When you are sick with the flu, it's due to a specific strain of the ...

As one variant of the flu virus starts to decline, another is rising to take its place. Influenza A is still the most common type of flu circulating, but influenza B has risen for two weeks straight, ...

As a fatal outbreak of the virus on an Atlantic cruise ship raises concerns about human-to-human transmission, here’s what you need to know ...