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Is It Better To Spit Out Or Swallow Your Mucus When You're Sick?

Being sick with a cold or other congestion-causing illness comes with a variety of symptoms, but a particularly annoying one is the buildup of mucus in your nasal passages and throat. In addition to ...
Redding Record Searchlight

How to help stop bird flu and salmonella spreading at feeders, backyard poultry cages

Wintering birds, including the celebrated snow geese, return to Shasta County and other North State counties in January. The down side is migrating birds can help spread H5N1 bird flu and other ...
Medical Xpress

Does yellow mucus mean you need antibiotics? What phlegm can—and can't—say about your health

When you're sick you'll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it's thicker or a different color: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown. We all produce mucus, even when healthy. Mucus is a ...
Newsweek

Chicago Bird Flu Outbreak Leaves Hundreds of Ducks ‘Sick or Dead’

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hundreds of ducks stricken by bird flu have been found in the Chicago ...
The Conversation

Does yellow mucus mean you need antibiotics? What phlegm can – and can’t – say about your health

When you’re sick you’ll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it’s thicker or a different colour: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown. What can this phlegm – also called mucus, snot, sputum ...