Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious ...

With the start of the school year, there's more than just an eager teacher awaiting your child at school. Schools and day care centers are breeding grounds for all types of bacteria, germs, viruses ...

Bacteria-containing dust found at day care centers could put children at a higher risk of asthma, a new study from the European Respiratory Society suggests. In the study, the researchers collected ...

It never fails: My kids stay healthy all summer long, but as soon as school starts, they bring home all sorts of germs and the runny noses and annoying coughs that come along with them. The COVID-19 ...

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 ...

Two pediatric centers, one in Canada and the other in Switzerland, have shown that Kingella kingae found in children's throats is linked to bone and joint infections with the same bacterium. Their ...

These germs can stop families in their tracks, but parents can't afford to be slowed down. By adopting a holistic germ-prevention strategy, parents can help prevent the spread of illness-causing germs ...