While some find a warm bowl of chicken soup soothes their throat, others find eating something cold more comforting, says Dr.

It's less common, but bacterial infections can also cause a sore throat. You may develop a sore throat if you contract a bacteria through direct exposure to respiratory droplets from an infected ...

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils—the two lymph glands at the back of your throat. This condition develops in response to an infection. It can be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) and ...

A sore throat that doesn’t go away despite treatment could indicate an underlying infection. One such possibility is oral gonorrhoea, caused by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. Oral sex can ...

Pneumonia is a broad term used to describe inflammation of the airways caused by a bacterial, viral or fungal infection. Walking pneumonia describes a milder subset of the condition caused by the ...

Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

Sedgwick County is expecting a rise of respiratory viruses, just as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports a ...

pneumoniae? The CDC indicates that these infections most frequently occur in children between 5 and 17 years old, as well as in young adults. What are the symptoms of bacterial pneumonia caused by M.