Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok is right: Using tap water for sinus rinses is not a good idea. Cold and flu (and RSV, COVID) season was a doozy this year.

Folks with sinus issues often turn to neti pots or "nasal rinsing" to help clear their clogged passages. Unfortunately, too many don't follow standard advice to avoid using tap water, and that's ...

Q: Whenever you talk about neti pots, you include a warning about always using distilled water. It seemed to me like an overreaction, but now there's news that someone died from not doing that. Why ...

A Texas woman has died after using tap water in a sinus rinse, leading to a rare but often fatal brain infection, health officials report. The 71-year-old woman died from a condition called primary ...

A person in Charlotte County, Florida, has died after being infected with the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. The infection possibly resulted from "sinus rinse practices utilizing tap ...

A study recently published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, showed a lot of people mistakenly thinking tap water is okay for nasal rinsing, humidifiers and CPAP machines. Infectious ...

The FDA has issued a recall for a nasal wash product after it tested positive for dangerous bacteria. Ascent Consumer Products Inc. has voluntarily initiated a recall of their SinuCleanse Soft Tip ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Case of "brain-eating amoeba" in Florida possibly linked to sinus rinse The Florida Department of Health has reported an infection ...

Dear Doctors: Whenever you talk about neti pots, you include a warning about always using distilled water. It seemed to me like an overreaction, but now there’s news that someone died from not doing ...