Half of Austria is sick in bed, many are plagued by colds, coughs and swollen mucous membranes. A cold is naturally ...

In his regular column, Dr James Le Fanu answers your questions. This week, a reader struggles with a progressively raspy ...

Discover how the dry air of winter affects your nose and how to combat the drying out with helpful tips and treatments.

In another in the seemingly endless series of decisions parsing the interpretation of the statutory requirements for an ...

Learn how allergies and other conditions can cause a sore throat, and how to identify the right treatment based on your ...

Oral mucositis is a painful condition in which the mucous membranes inside the mouth become inflamed. To help alleviate this, researchers have developed a mucoadhesive film using xyloglucan and ...

Preliminary tests have detected bird flu in a backyard flock in New Haven County. The announcement follows another backyard ...

Why did Swedish nicotine pouches become a generation's go-to fix for blasting through long work days and longer nights out?

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Diphtheria is a severe bacterial illness that often affects the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. The NICD said its symptoms include: "A sore throat, low-grade fever, a sticky membrane in ...

In both of those cases, virus samples showed that once it was in the body, it mutated in ways that would allow it to stick to cells in the mucous membrane lining the upper respiratory tract. “The ...