A sore throat can be a symptom of COVID-19, but it's generally not one of the most common. Other symptoms include a cough, fever, chills, headache, loss of smell or taste, and muscle pain.

But what kind of sickness do your symptoms point to? Here's a breakdown for COVID-19, flu and more — and why testing is so ...

The flu, or influenza, is a more severe respiratory illness than the common cold. According to federal government’s public ...

Beyond the pain and discomfort associated with strep throat, one of the most frustrating aspects of the infection is that, to many people, it looks very similar to a sore throat. This is one ...

The first cases of Australian flu (H3N2 strain A) have been isolated in Lombardy, Lazio, and Piedmont. The symptoms, strong and pronounced, include a runny nose and sore throat, dry cough, and ...

This can lead to classic flu symptoms like a cough, stuffy nose, and sore throat. But many flu-like ... "One person may tell you they had the worst chills of their life, and another may say ...

Zabel notes that if you have a fever, chills or difficulty swallowing ... 2019 determined that gargling with salt water is a natural and harmless at-home treatment option, finding that it reduced pain ...

Top symptoms that could be Covid are a sore ... throat or a cough, according to data from 17,500 people who said they had tested positive for the virus this week. Other common ones reported were ...