Researchers conclude that antibiotics should not be used to treat the common cold and acute purulent rhinitis.

Sophie Bell, 17, had been suffering from cold-like symptoms and daily headaches for around a month when she was rushed to hospital with a rare, deadly infection ...

Dr Alicia Demirjian, consultant epidemiologist and clinical lead for antimicrobial resistance and prescribing at the UKHSA, ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a warning about antibiotics, reminding people that they are not suitable for ...

Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical disease, meaning it might spread widely through a community and then disappear ...

It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling and full-on ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Antibiotic Awareness Week, which is happening Nov. 18-24, highlights the importance of appropriate ...

UK health officials have urged people to stop turning to antibiotics for winter illnesses such as colds and flu. The reminder ...

Juanita Francisco's son Eddie recalls that when he was 13 years old, the antibiotics he was given for an infection caused an ...

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat.

Viral upper respiratory tract infections – also known as the common cold – afflict everyone, typically three times per year, ...

I want to know if it is true that antibiotics are necessary for cold and catarrh Linus (by SMS)Antibiotics won’t help to treat a cold. Viruses cause colds. Antibiotics only treat bacterial infections.