Flu season is here with some other ickiness joining the petri dish party, including allergies, strep, pneumonia, COVID-19 and norovirus.

No matter how you become infected, strep throat won't just go away on its own like viruses do. As a bacterial infection, it requires antibiotics. "Unless someone is allergic, penicillin is the ...

Is it a cold, the flu, or just winter allergies? But you have so much to ... If you have white patches on your tonsils, that’s a sign of strep throat. In both of these cases, call in sick ...