It may be difficult to make it through the season unscathed, there are some things you can do to protect yourself.

Influenza A, COVID-19 and norovirus (stomach flu) are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But there's a fourth "bug" the public should be aware of: respiratory syncytial virus. RSV causes cold-like symptoms and affects the breathing passages and lungs.

This fall saw an unusually high number of cases of “walking” or mycoplasma pneumonia, a mild pneumonia that typically causes a severe cough but less fatigue than more serious forms of the disease.

Four illnesses are filling Minnesota hospitals, and health leaders are warning you that Minnesota is dealing with a "quad-demic."

Patients are piling up in Minnesota emergency rooms once again, but it’s not just from COVID-19. State health officials say influenza is making a comeback, combining with COVID, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to put more pressure on Minnesota hospitals than they’ve faced since the end of the pandemic.