William Mullen

Crocodiles' nasty reputation has long involved their toothy, snappish behavior. But back in the day when they were terrorizing dinosaurs, turns out some of them could even gallop across the...

Crocodiles' nasty reputation has long involved their toothy, snappish behavior. But back in the day when they were terrorizing dinosaurs, turns out some of them could even gallop across the...

How do you treat someone with H1N1 flu? Over-the-counter medications? Chicken soup? How about Popsicles? Below Tribune reporters answer more questions from readers: Q. Is it possible to contract seasonal...

A colleague's sick relatives, whether to have a birthday party, probing questions from county workers -- readers continued to raise questions about the swine flu last week as the number...

A 16-pound orange tabby in Ames, Iowa, did something last month that will now and forevermore have a lot of cat lovers taking care to sneeze into their sleeves. The...

For Rachel Goodman, the frustration boiled over last week when she and other pediatricians in her North Shore office managed to get their hands on just five doses of swine...

With the H1N1 swine-flu vaccine still arriving slowly, some physicians also are raising questions about how it is being delivered. Below are edited excerpts of queries from readers, with answers:...

As more H1N1 flu vaccine arrives in the Chicago area, questions linger about the dangers of the virus and the effectiveness of inoculations. Here are edited queries from Tribune readers,...

For a mere peek into the potential difficulties of managing a worst-case outbreak of swine flu, one need only look back at a few weeks in May at Children's Memorial...

A Chicago woman wonders if she should breast-feed her baby after receiving the H1N1 vaccine. A Will County father asks why doctors are not testing to confirm the swine flu....