A doctor can usually tell if you have the flu based on your symptoms, especially if it’s during peak season. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a viral infection spread from bird to bird.

With changing recommendations and multiple seasonal viruses to contend with, here’s your simple guide to the 2024-2025 cold and flu season and when to call your doctor.

Everyone is sniffling and sneezing this time of year. But how do you know exactly what ails you when the symptoms are all the same?

Symptoms of COVID (versus the flu or allergies) tend to come on faster ... or pet dander, says WebMD, and fall can be just as fraught as spring for allergy suffers. This is by no means an ...