Find information on infectious disease and common infections such as cold and flu.
Articles
- Antibiotic resistance: Understanding the connection to antibiotic use in animals raised for food
- Are you a step ahead of athlete's foot?
- CRE bacteria: What you should know
- Can chicken soup cure a cold?
- Chicken soup: Can it treat a cold?
- Cold remedies: What works, what doesn't, what can't hurt
- Coping with side effects of hepatitis C drugs
- Dandruff: Say goodbye to flakes
- Does zinc work for colds?
- Ear infection treatment: Do alternative therapies work?
- Fever: First aid
- Flu shot: Your best bet for avoiding influenza
- Germs: Understand and protect against bacteria, viruses and infection
- HPV vaccine: Who needs it, how it works
- Have a cold? Common sense rules
- Have a cold? Fight back with humidity
- Have a cold? Fight it with fluids
- Have cold sores? Keep them to yourself
- How well do you wash your hands?
- Humidifier care 101
- Humidifiers: Air moisture eases skin, breathing symptoms
- Is antibacterial soap a do or a don't?
- MRSA: Protecting student athletes
- STD testing: What's right for you?
- Sexually transmitted disease (STD) symptoms
- Stop warts from spreading
- Stuffy nose? Try saline spray
- Take your sandals to the gym, pool
- Tips to prevent dandruff
- Vitamin C: Can it prevent colds?
- Want to avoid cold sores? Use sunblock
- What are superbugs?
Conditions
- Acute sinusitis
- Ascariasis
- Aspergillosis
- Athlete's foot
- Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Blastocystis hominis
- Boils and carbuncles
- C. difficile infection
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Cold sore
- Common cold in babies
- Common warts
- Cryptosporidium infection
- Cyclospora infection
- Cystitis
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
- Dandruff
- E. coli
- Ear infection (middle ear)
- Ehrlichiosis
- Genital warts
- Giardia infection (giardiasis)
- Group B strep disease
- HIV/AIDS
- HPV infection
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
- Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection
- Histoplasmosis
- Infectious diseases
- Influenza (flu)
- Jock itch
- Kidney infection
- Legionnaires' disease
- Listeria infection
- MRSA infection
- Mesenteric lymphadenitis
- Mononucleosis
- Naegleria infection
- Nail fungus
- Norovirus infection
- Oral thrush
- Parvovirus infection
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Plague
- Plantar warts
- Polio
- Pseudomembranous colitis
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Ringworm (body)
- Ringworm (scalp)
- Septic arthritis
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
- Shigella infection
- Shingles
- Staph infections
- Strep throat
- Swimmer's ear
- Swine flu (H1N1 flu)
- Tooth abscess
- Traveler's diarrhea
- Tularemia
- Urinary tract infection (UTI)
- Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu)
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- West Nile virus
- Whipple's disease
- Whooping cough
- Yeast infection (vaginal)
- Zika virus
FAQs
- Acute bronchitis: Is it contagious?
- Acute hepatitis C infection: Is it serious?
- Acute sinusitis: Do over-the-counter treatments help?
- Bacterial vs. viral infections: How do they differ?
- Bladder infection in men
- Blood poisoning: When to see a doctor
- Cellulitis infection: Is it contagious?
- Cellulitis: How to prevent recurrent episodes
- Chronic bladder infection: Is there a cure?
- Cold and flu viruses: How long can they live outside the body?
- Cold or allergy: Which is it?
- Cold symptoms: Does drinking milk increase phlegm?
- Coxsackievirus in children: How serious is it?
- Drinking alcohol: Is it safe after hepatitis C cure?
- Early HIV symptoms: What are they?
- Early hepatitis C infection: How often does it become chronic?
- Ebola transmission: Can Ebola spread through the air?
- Echinacea: Is it effective for the common cold?
- Enterovirus D68: How can I protect my child?
- Flu shot: Will it prevent the stomach flu?
- Flu symptoms: Should I see my doctor?
- Flu vaccine: Safe for people with egg allergy?
- Fluzone High-Dose: What distinguishes it from other flu vaccines?
- Genital herpes: Can you get it from a toilet seat?
- Granuloma: What does it mean?
- HPV infection: A cause of cancer in men?
- Hepatitis C: How common is sexual transmission?
- Hepatitis C: What happens in end-stage liver disease?
- Honey: An effective cough remedy?
- Liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis C: How common is it?
- Measles vaccine: Can I get the measles if I've already been vaccinated?
- Mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr: What's the connection?
- Mononucleosis: Can it recur?
- Neti pot solution: Can I make my own?
- Neti pot: Can it clear your nose?
- Oil of oregano: Can it treat sinusitis?
- Pink eye treatment: What if I wear contact lenses?
- Pink eye: How long is it contagious?
- Plugged ears: What is the remedy?
- PrEP: How effective is it at preventing HIV?
- Recurring strep throat: When is tonsillectomy useful?
- Self-care for the flu
- Sex during vaginal infection: Is it harmful?
- Shingles treatment: Does alcohol use affect therapy?
- Shingles vaccine: Can I transmit the vaccine virus to others?
- Shingles vaccine: Should I get it?
- Sinus infection and toothache: Any connection?
- Stomach flu: How long am I contagious?
- Strep throat in infants: A common diagnosis?
- Tetanus shots: Is it risky to receive 'extra' boosters?
- Vicks VapoRub: An effective nasal decongestant?
- Walking pneumonia: What does it mean?
- Warm-mist versus cool-mist humidifier: Which is better for a cold?
- What are superbugs and how can I protect myself from infection?
- What is MERS-CoV, and what should I do?
- What is chikungunya fever, and should I be worried?
- What is the Asian longhorned tick and where is it found?
- What is the Zika virus, and should I be worried?
- What's the difference between H1N1 flu and influenza A?
- Why isn't there a hepatitis C vaccine?
- Yeast infection during pregnancy: Over-the-counter treatment OK?
- Yeast infection in men: How can I tell if I have one?
- Zinc for colds: The final word?
Slideshows
Videos
- Mayo Clinic Minute - Health Precautions You Need to Know About Pedicures
- Mayo Clinic Minute Meningitis 101 for college students
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Avoiding summer E. coli infection
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Signs and symptoms of syphilis
- Mayo Clinic Minute: The facts about three flu vaccine myths
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips for dealing with dandruff
- Mayo Clinic Minute: What is the Asian longhorned tick?
- Mayo Clinic Minute: What parents need to know about pink eye
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Why you need your flu shot now
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Will there be a Lyme disease vaccine for humans?
- Video: 3 things you didn't know about cold sores