In particular, Wellness at Penn staff members pointed to the flu as one of the most common illnesses seen by Penn health ...

Why do cats sneeze? It could due to an irritant in the air or more serious causes such as infections. Here's all you need to ...

A coughing, sneezing, 3D-printed model of the human nose and upper airway has provided researchers with a better ...

Warren said if anyone feels sick, they should stay home, get tested, wash their hands frequently, use tissues and cough in their arm.

Wintertime is occasionally difficult for people with chronic respiratory issues. Whether you have asthma, COPD, or a ...

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a disease of the upper airway presenting with exophytic wart-like lesions. These lesions are considered benign with less than a 1–5% chance of malignant ...

HMPV virus is not a novel virus - It was first isolated in 2001 by Van den Hoogen and her colleagues in Netherlands in the nasopharyngeal secretions of children with respiratory tract infections. The ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

The macaques exposed via the mouth or stomach, however, had limited infection but showed no signs of illness. All the monkeys ...

The study authors say the findings suggest healthcare workers could be "unrecognized reservoirs" of pneumococcus in the ...

If it feels like everyone around you is fighting off a cold or recovering from the flu, it may be because respiratory ...

Overall cases have slightly increased, though severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases remain low. Influenza activity is rising, driven primarily by ...