The Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization of a COVID-19 and flu test that can be used without a prescription. The authorization, announced Monday, uses a nasal swab to detect the ...

SAN ANTONIO – If you are coughing and sneezing, or have a runny nose, doctors encourage you to get tested for the flu. However, if you don’t want to go to the doctor’s office to get tested, at-home ...

As family and friends gather over the winter season to spread holiday cheer, they may also unwittingly spread the flu and COVID-19. At-home COVID-19 tests were an important part of preventing viral ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over-the-counter multiplex tests for more than one illness may soon come to a pharmacy near you. Paco Burgada/iStock via Getty ...

The flu is one of the most common and contagious diseases — it causes up to 41 million illnesses, 710,000 hospitalizations and 52,000 deaths each year in the US, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Breaking out the tissues? It's that time of year! But what kind of sickness do your symptoms point to? As the weather changes, we can start feeling under the weather too — but while each illness has a ...

The health ministry approved on Dec. 5 a test kit that can simultaneously detect COVID-19 and seasonal influenza as an ...

Toronto police urge e-bike safety as summer nears amid reports of dangerous riding With summer just around the corner, local officials are urging e-bike riders to focus on safety as more people take ...

The most common type of flu is type A. This is the one you’re more likely to get while pregnant. Since the flu can be a severe illness in pregnancy, getting a flu shot is important. Influenza A is the ...