Be Well: Understanding Allergies and Seasonal Sicknesses
For those year-round allergy sufferers, reprieve doesn't come just because the seasons change. But with the rising number of illnesses like COVID-19, RSV and the flu, it can be difficult what your actual ailment might be. Dr. Tania Elliot joined 'beWell' to help us identify differences in seasonal sickness and allergies.
You've probably heard about respiratory viruses like RSV and the flu, but now doctors are saying a new virus is on the rise. Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, spiked this spring, according to the CDC. The virus causes many of the same symptoms as the flu , including coughing, runny nose, sore throat, and fever.
There's new information about the world's oldest flying reptile, which was discovered in Australia. The giant creature is known as a pterosaur and lived about 107 million years ago.
Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday.
