With these symptoms, it can be hard to know what’s making you sick, whether it’s cold, flu or COVID-19, without a test confirming the type of infection you have.

"If you come in with some symptoms of cough or sore throat or runny nose, whatever it is, I can't tell you if that's a cold, if it's walking pneumonia, if it's COVID or the flu. You do need to ...

Flu symptoms combined with confusion could signal serious conditions like meningitis or sepsis. Learn 7 warning signs that need emergency care.

Norovirus: symptoms and how long it's contagious. The U.S. is experiencing one of its worst norovirus season in a long time. Cases for the 2024-2025 season are reaching highs that surpass the ...

Since the symptoms of the flu and COVID-19 are so similar, if you become sick enough to have to go to the doctor or hospital, one should assume that it’s COVID-19 until it’s been proven not to be.

Flu A and flu B symptoms. Whether it's flu A or flu B, you can expect to develop the same symptoms — so it'll be impossible to know which strain you have just based off the symptoms.

Flu B generally causes milder illness compared with flu A, but severe cases can still occur. "Of the 1,783 viruses reported by public health laboratories, 1,743 were influenza A and 40 were ...

Symptoms of the flu can include fever, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue, body aches, cough and headaches. More: Hummingbirds are heading north. How you can prepare for them in Michigan ...

All four flu pandemics — in 1918, 1957 and 1968 and the swine flu pandemic of 2009 — were caused by Type A viruses. Influenza B viruses, however, only circulate in humans.