The latest data on respiratory illness in the United States shows that shoppers and merry-makers are spreading more than just ...

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In 2024, Toronto swimmer Summer McIntosh set another world record at the short-course swimming championships, winning gold in the women's 400-metre medley, finishing in four minutes, 15.48 seconds, ...

Q. Last weekend, I was at a party in an apartment packed with people, and two days later symptoms of the flu came on hard and fast. Now on the fourth day, my fever, which hovered around 100.6 the ...