A recent study of schoolchildren finds that the youngest students harbor the most germs. Researchers looked at nasal swabs ...

I recently had one of those moments that only other parents or full-time caregivers of young children are likely to understand: I was holding my miserably sick baby, who was sneezing, coughing and ...

Consider prevention strategies that you and your child's school can follow to help protect your child from the COVID-19 virus.

New research found that gene therapy for children with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency was successful in 95% of ...

It is a parent’s job to protect their children from anything that may pose a threat to them, including contagious illnesses that could compromise their health. However, have modern-day parents gone ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system's memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left more ...

The youngest kids, ages three to five, also had the highest rates of actual illness, the study found. View on euronews ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — When you think of getting ready for back to school, you typically think of buying school supplies or getting back into a routine. But how prepared are you for when your child brings ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Students are in full swing for the 2024 fall school year and so are the illnesses they are inevitably exposed to. Dr. James Herrin with Topeka ER & Hospital said being in an ...