As masking and social distancing mandates across the country lifted with the rise in COVID-19 vaccines this spring and summer, other respiratory viruses, such as rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial ...

Chronic otitis media (chronic ear infection) occurs when fluid behind your eardrum becomes infected and does not go away with antibiotics. Unlike swimmer’s ear that affects the external ear canal, a ...

A middle ear infection often causes symptoms like ear pain, discharge, and hearing difficulties. Most ear infections go away within 2-3 days. Symptoms like high fever or sudden hearing loss require ...

An ear infection can present as a dull, persistent ache, and is sometimes accompanied by pressure, discharge, itching, fever or muffled hearing. In more severe cases, the pain can be sudden, sharp and ...

In some cases, COVID-19 can lead to ear infections. People may get ear infections following, or as a complication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. All data and statistics are based on ...

Ear infections are more common in children than in adults, but no matter your age, it’s possible to experience short-term hearing loss when fluid and inflammation develop in your middle ear. According ...

With a beam of light, an otoscope allows a clinician to examine the ear canal and eardrum. SolStock/E+ via Getty Images Ear pain is one of the most common reasons that young children go to the doctor, ...