Even previously healthy children can become seriously ill with flu, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) ...

A 29-day round-trip cruise from England to the Caribbean aboard the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner turned into an ordeal for 224 passengers and 17 crew members who reported becoming il ...

Leading virologists fear a bad flu outbreak could leave people vulnerable to other seasonal illnesses at the same time, such ...

PARENTS are being warned to keep kids with tummy bug symptoms off school and nursery for 48 hours as the winter vomiting bug ...

A CANCER that creeps up quietly, spotted when it’s too late – 60 per cent of patients will die within a year of their diagnosis. They are tragic statistics, and only getting worse, ...

Since 2010, we have had four extreme weather events that have caused Halloween to either be canceled or postponed in many local towns. Just six years ago we had a "Halloween Howler" with periods of ...

LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Australia outclassed England 26-6 at Wembley to win the opening test of the first Ashes rugby league series for 22 years on Saturday as two tries each for star fullback ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - Portland officials are informing the public that a cruise ship that has recently been dealing with a norovirus outbreak will dock at the Maine city’s Ocean Gateway terminal ...

Cruise ships are seeing a record year for outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses. So far, there have been 20 outbreaks on the vessels, mostly of norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease ...

CORNWALL, Vt. — A body was found in a New England town on Thursday afternoon during a search for a college student who was reported missing days earlier, authorities said. During the search for ...