You probably don’t need reminding that cold and flu season is upon us. If, like me, you’ve already had your first bout of one of these nasty bugs, you may be wondering: When will my symptoms go away? Even as my sore throat and stuffy nose have cleared up, my cough has lingered into a second week. It has disrupted my sleep and kept me away from social events.
Two-plus weeks of coughing is quite common in most cases of viral respiratory infections such as mine, says Matthew Mintz, an internist with George Washington Medical Faculty Associates. Read More...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s army intensified military operations in southern Gaza on Monday, sending Palestinian casualties streaming into already buckling hospitals, as thousands of civilians fled an area that the army had previously designated a safe zone.
The operation, which Israel’s army said was targeting Hamas militants who had fired rockets from the area, came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington, where the city’s political turmoil threatens to roil U. Read More...
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