Purpose: Evidence on the efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the prevention and treatment of upper-respiratory-tract infection (URTI) in children is reviewed.

An upper respiratory ... between medications and which OTC treatments are best for you. Most URIs are viral. Therefore, antibiotics won't be effective in helping to clear the infection.

A nasal vaccine for COVID-19—based on technology developed at Washington University in St. Louis—is poised to enter a phase 1 ...

The trial will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a next-generation vaccine administered through a nasal spray or inhalation. A nasal COVID-19 vaccine, developed using technology from Washington ...

Antibiotics are effective treatments for some illnesses and infections, but other times, they don't help speed up recovery ...

For viral infections, an upper respiratory tract swab may be necessary, and for suspected tuberculosis, a GeneXpert test might be ordered. Radiological investigations like chest X-rays or CT scans ...

Babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic had much lower risk for respiratory infections and antibiotic prescriptions during their first 18 months.

A search was performed of MEDLINE (1966 to June 2005), EMBASE (1980 to June 2005), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (second quarter 2005), CAB International Abstracts (1972 to June 2005 ...