Pink eye, medically known as conjunctivitis, affects millions of Americans each year. This common eye condition can range from mildly irritating to seriously uncomfortable, depending on its cause and ...

If your child wakes up with sticky pink eyes, it could be pink eye. It could also be a new case of COVID-19. Pink eye is a symptom of a COVID-19 omicron variant named Arcturus – or the XBB.1.16 ...

.Your New Jersey high schooler is probably getting pink eye. While the state doesn’t officially track conjunctivitis cases, spring is prime season. Allergies kick up with pollen and ragweed, and viral ...

The latest COVID-19 subvariant, XBB.1.16, not only appears to be more contagious other subvariants, but it also causes a symptom not previously associated with the coronavirus: red, itchy eyes. The ...

As Pakistan battles with a conjunctivitis, which has seen nearly 400,000 people since the start of the year infected, speculation has arisen as to what might be driving the virus's spread. The ...

This week, the providers of UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics across the Midstate continue to see strep throat, COVID and viral syndrome. The CVS MinuteClinic in York reports viral upper ...

CLEVELAND — We'd love to blame COVID for everything, and to an extent it's possible that the coronavirus may be responsible for some cases of pink eye. Pink eye is an inflammation of the transparent ...

The providers at UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics in York and Spring Grove are seeing strep throat and flu this week. This week, pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing a ...

More than two thirds of children with conjunctivitis received antibiotics within a day of their initial ambulatory care visit; however, follow-up visits and new antibiotic dispensations were rare ...

STROUD TOWNSHIP, PA — A new COVID-19 omicron strain referred to as Arcturus is causing doctors and nurses at St. Luke's University Health Network in Monroe County to exercise extreme caution, as it ...

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