What's new with flu?

Viruses are doing their dirty work, leaving lots of people coughing and sneezing this winter.

Legionnaire's Disease at the Luxor: What Causes It?

The slinky rods of Legionalla pneumophila. If you didn't know better, you might assume these were extruded by a Play-Doh Fun Factory. CDC Public Health Image Library Image #11151. CDC/ Margaret Williams, PhD; Claressa Lucas, PhD;Tatiana Travis, BS In July 1976, a convention of members of the American Legion — a veterans’ group — was meeting in Philadelphia at the Belleville Stratford Hotel in ...

Is it food poisoning?

There were nearly 2,000 medically confirmed cases of food-borne illnesses reported in the U.P. in 2011.

What kind of sick? Symptoms, treatment differ among cold, flu, bacterial infection

On a Friday afternoon last month, Niti Mehta, a second-grade teacher at Shady Grove Elementary, began to "shake like a leaf."

Norovirus spreading across state

Those who have fallen ill with what they suspect is a stomach flu or food poisoning are urged to stay away from others to prevent the spread of a virus that infects one in every 15 Americans. Several local health departments around the state are...