Four-year-old Ellie Rudd – who loved mud and getting dressed up and having dance parties with her brother and sisters – died January 6, after the flu and a co-infection with an adenovirus turned into ...

Since kids are back in the classroom we wanted to check in with Roanoke County Public Schools to see how they work to prevent ...

Class was in session Tuesday afternoon—but the lesson wasn’t math or reading, it was more about staying healthy.

After someone who has norovirus vomits or has diarrhea, the CDC recommends the following: Disinfect the areas a contagious ...

The strain is somewhat resistant to this year’s vaccine, which was created months before the outbreak, medical experts say.

These infections tend to peak in winter because people spend more time indoors, making transmission easier. But they can also ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

The flu this season has already taken a toll on individuals and hospitals throughout the region and the nation and is likely ...

The flu this season has already taken a toll on individuals and hospitals throughout the region and the nation and is likely ...

The illness — commonly caused by "norovirus" — spreads differently than respiratory viruses and requires different prevention ...