A sore throat can appear suddenly and make swallowing miserable. In Tampa, late winter and early spring often bring a wave of throat infections, especially when kids are in school, and germs move through households. The tricky part is that strep throat and a common cold can start with the same symptoms, but the right…
Every flu season comes with its own set of concerns and challenges and the 2022 flu season is no different. Just off the heels of COVID-19 and with a background of reduced immunity to the cold and flu viruses, experts are not entirely sure what to expect from this flu season. There is a possibility…
COVID-19 has dominated our health concerns over the past year. Yet as we dealt with the pandemic, we witnessed a decline in case numbers of common viruses such as the cold virus, the flu virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It’s thought that the measures we took to protect ourselves against COVID-19 such as masking…