Sore Throat

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Allergies are bringing along with them other sicknesses this week. Doctors offices across the Ozarks are seeing an increase in sore throats, earaches and the common cold all associated with allergies. In Branson, the CoxHealth...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Last week we talked about an increase in the number of people coming in to doctor's offices with sore throats. Now, offices are not only seeing sore throats and congestion associated with allergies, but some of the cases are strep...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Spring allergies are in full swing. And now a common sickness that goes hand in hand with allergies is going around this week: sore throats. You will probably notice a sore throat right when you wake up. If that happens, doctors...

Mt. Vernon, MO. - If you have a cough that won't go away, a sore throat or stuffy nose you probably have an upper respiratory infection or illness. That's What's Going Around this week. Most upper respiratory infections are a virus and more often than...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Has your throat been a little on the scratchy side lately? You might have a common sickness that is going around this week - the sore throat. Health officials with the Ozarks Community Hospital clinic in Springfield have seen an...

When a young child comes down with a cold — congestion, a scratchy sore throat and runny nose, maybe with greenish goo — many parents head straight for the drugstore for a bottle of children's cold medicine. Don't bother. It's worth it...

It's flu season in Baltimore. A few days after Christmas, Baltimore resident Kathleen Dudley began experiencing telltale signs of the flu — fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, cough and overall exhaustion. "The worst part — the fever...

Coughing and sneezing is never a good sign -- add on a sore throat and you are officially sick. This year’s flu season is already under way, but many people confuse the symptoms of the flu with the common cold.  “They think it’s flu...

Gertie Get-Well Tea: As the weather shifts from sweltering summer to blustering fall, coughs and colds also make their seasonal return. To soothe a sore throat or other flu-like symptom, sip on the Gertie Get-Well Tea from New Wave Coffee — a...

No one likes to be sick, and parents and patients want me to prescribe antibiotics for a plethora of viral illnesses because they’re busy and just can’t be sick. According to an article in “Pediatrics,” pediatricians write more...

Ask pretty much anybody, and you will find they are or know someone who is sick, most with similar symptoms. Hoosiers have been flooding some local doctor’s offices complaining of a sore throat, coughing, sneezing, fever and severe sinus issues. ...

Whitney Houston made three visits to the doctor in the week prior to her death, but the trips had NO illicit purpose -- she had a sore throat and got her teeth whitened. Both family and law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Whitney was recording the title...