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Singapore’s year-round heat and humidity can trap sweat in skin folds and beneath tight clothing, leading to prickly heat, chafing and irritation. Air-conditioned interiors then add abrupt temperature changes and...

Mumbai’s monsoon brings humidity, disrupted travel and a higher risk of food- and water-borne illness. Bloating and loose stools may be minor, but dehydration and infection can become serious quickly.Blood...

Riyadh’s dry air and dust events can irritate the nose, throat and eyes even without a true allergy. For people sensitive to dust, symptoms may include sneezing, watering, itching and...

Calgary winter combines cold outdoor air with heated indoor spaces, and Chinook changes can make dryness fluctuate quickly. Lips crack, nasal passages feel tight and exposed skin may become rough...

Melbourne’s spring can combine grass pollen, wind and rapidly changing weather, creating difficult days for people with seasonal allergic rhinitis. Sneezing, itchy eyes, a runny nose and throat irritation can...

Parents often notice everyone else’s symptoms before their own. A seasonal routine needs to fit school runs, work, broken sleep and shared household germs, or it will disappear after the...

Anyone who has waited for a Canadian bus in January knows the feeling — fingers that ache with cold and toes that stay icy long after you have come indoors...

Every Canadian September, the backpacks come out and so do the germs — a fresh classroom of shared desks, shared snacks and shared sniffles that seem to travel straight home...

By the time a Canadian winter reaches its darkest stretch, the sun is gone before the workday ends and mornings start in the dark too. That long run of short...

Come deep winter, the furnace runs day and night and the moisture seems to vanish from every Canadian home — and your skin pays the price. Tight cheeks, flaky shins,...

Canadian winter means more time indoors, dry heated air and frequent circulation of respiratory viruses. Vaccination, ventilation, hand hygiene and staying home when acutely unwell remain the most useful preventive...