It's the same each September. As soon as the schools return, various nasty illnesses start doing the rounds. Like head lice, ear infections and flu, stomach bugs are incredibly common at this time of ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing a noticeable uptick in cases of hand, foot and mouth, COVID and viral upper respiratory infections this week. WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians ...

Cases of the uber-contagious stomach bug, norovirus, surge every winter. The highly-contagious (and serious) illness is notoriously unpleasant, so figuring out how to treat a stomach bug fast can go a ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital are seeing flu, strep throat, ear infections, RSV and pneumonia. UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing flu, RSV and viral sore ...

Stomach bugs on cruise ships are at a nearly two-decade high, posing a greater risk than rare outbreaks like hantavirus.

Hello, summer! It's time for picnics, fairs, festivals, swimming pools, water parks and nasty stomach bugs that often go hand-in-hand with these warm-weather venues. After the fun is over, you can end ...

“Kids shouldn't have to struggle in silence,” the boy's mother said ...

Most of us have had that “uh-oh” feeling usually accompanied by the desperate urge to find the “head” or “latrine” ASAP. This thought might be followed by, “Did I get some kind of stomach bug?” Acute ...