If you’re dealing with a sore throat, gargling with salt water — mixing ½ teaspoon of salt into 1 cup of warm water — is a ...

Cold season is here — no, not just the chilly temperatures, but also people sneezing, coughing and coping with sore throats, ...

The little ones seem to get ill all the time, and it can be tricky to know if they are so unwell that they shouldn't go to ...

One in five of us suffer with cold sores, or 'coleslaws' as spluttering children call them. They are created by herpes simplex, a virus that sits quietly in nerves around the mouth, only gracing ...

Cold sores are tiny, painful blisters that appear around the lips and are more common than most people think. It is often associated with a highly contagious virus called Herpes Simplex.

A baby who contracted his mother's oral herpes in the womb is thought to be the youngest child to receive a corneal ...

The average U.S. adult suffers through an average of two to three colds annually, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Though symptoms of a cold and the flu are similar, key differences set them apart. The two illnesses develop at different ...

There’s nothing worse than feeling a cold coming on. Those familiar symptoms – sore throats, runny noses and body aches – ...

Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV) which is often transmitted from person to person during kissing. Once it has infected the body, the virus lies dormant, generally being kept ...

Winter and family holiday gatherings often bring a surge in a wide variety of respiratory issues. Here's what to watch for.

BROOKE Hale never thought she could pass the cold-sore virus onto her baby while he was still in the womb. But baby Luca ...