Staying hydrated can help keep you healthy this cold and flu season, but there’s another way you can use water to subdue your symptoms if you’re sick. According to Neha Vyas, MD, a family medicine ...

Cough drops are available over the counter, but they can be packed with sugar and contain ingredients with potentially ...

Coughs are notoriously difficult to get rid of, and unfortunately, no magic pill can make them disappear overnight. That’s ...

A Jefferson Health doctor explains what’s going around — and when you should worry.

Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Key Takeaways Mix salt with warm water and gargle to soothe your throat and ...

A scratchy throat can spoil your day, but luckily several sore throat remedies will help soothe the pain. Winter is here and it's that time of year again when coughs and colds are doing the rounds.

"My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody's." So declares Mary to Anne in "Persuasion," Jane Austen's 1817 book. Most of us can relate to this feeling. There is no such thing as "just ...

The worst part of having a cold, we would argue, isn’t even the fever, cough or stuffy nose. It has to be the scratchy, painful and downright irritating feeling that comes with having a sore throat.

The United States may be facing another difficult influenza season, partly due to lagging vaccination rates and a newly mutated strain called sub-clade-K. This variant has already caused early surges ...

Sore throats can be a real pain in the neck. According to the National Institutes of Health, viral infections cause most sore throats, usually triggered by the common cold or flu. Antibiotics, of ...