Historically, COVID-19 symptoms have been fevers or chills, cough, shortness of breath, cough, congestion or a runny nose, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, fatigue and body aches, headache, nausea or vomiting or diarrhea, according to the CDC.

Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil.

A new study reveals a surprising result: women may be at greater risk for developing long-term health effects from COVID-19. Although numerous studies have shown men have more severe acute COVID cases and higher mortality than women,

Two-thirds of people with post-COVID-19 syndrome have persistent, objective symptoms—including reduced physical exercise capacity and reduced cognitive test performances—for a year or more, with no major changes in symptom clusters during the second year of their illness,

“Overall, female sex was associated with a 1.31-times higher risk of long COVID,” researchers said. “In age-stratified analyses, female sex was associated with the highest risk of long COVID among adults aged 40 to 54 years followed by those aged 55 years or older.”

COVID-19 vaccination reduces severity of acute disease, but does not decrease neurological manifestations of Long COVID.

Two-thirds of people who have post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS), which is also known as long COVID, have symptoms that include poorer cognitive function into the second year of illness, a new study published Thursday in PLOS Medicine reveals.

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died. Here's the symptoms.

Flu symptoms tend to hit more quickly than cold symptoms, and can last anywhere from a few days to two weeks. — COVID-19 can cause fever, chills, cough, short of breath, sore throat, congestion, loss of smell or taste, fatigue, aches, headache ...

Regarding avian influenza, while there have been outbreaks in poultry farms and flocks, there have been no reported human cases in Ohio. However, the doctor cautioned that people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds and report any sightings to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Earlier studies indicated that COVID infection might cause MS symptoms to worsen, particularly if the symptoms coincide with those associated with long COVID. For this new study, researchers tracked more than 2,100 MS patients for more than 18 months. About 37% of the patients had been infected with COVID.

As of Jan. 20, the CDC reports that RSV activity has peaked in most of the U.S., particularly among young children—a group highly vulnerable to severe RSV infections. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations are the highest in children, while hospitalizations among older adults are high in some areas.