London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) declared an outbreak of superbug MRSA, a bacteria resistant to many antibiotics, at Victoria Hospital on Wednesday. The MRSA outbreak, which stands for methicillin ...

"The last thing that we wanna do is a patient to come into the hospital and leave sicker than what they were," Tennille said. The hospital's environmental services team employs rigorous cleaning ...

Avian influenza is continuing to plague poultry and dairy farming operations, and with the virus spreading across the country ...

" Signs and symptoms usually begin 12 to 48 hours after your first exposure to a norovirus and last 1 to 3 days," noted the ...

Norovirus cases reach unprecedented levels, medical experts uncover lesser-known symptoms and share vital prevention ...

The department is still offering flu vaccines for children six months and up, and they recommend that you get one if you haven’t already even though it is later in the season.

Flu activity begins to increase in October and often peaks between December and February, according to the Centers for ...

Aches and pains. Pain (think: body aches and a sore throat) is also a tip off that you’re dealing with a virus like a cold.

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses which are sickening students and staff. Here's ...

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Though sustained human-to-human transmission has not been observed, infections have occurred after unprotected contact with infected animals.