Sending your child to daycare for the first time can be a nerve-wracking experience. As you prepare your little one for this new chapter, you should brace yourself for the inevitable bouts of sickness ...

WE WENT TO THE EXPERTS FOR ANSWERS. THERE’S ALL SORTS OF NASTY STUFF OUT THERE. YOU DON’T NEED TO TELL THIS GROUP. THEY ALREADY KNOW THE VIRUSES, THE BACTERIA, EVEN THE BUGS ARE BACK. ONE CATCH OR IS ...

Small children are snotty. A research study that tested children for multiple respiratory viruses every week for a year found ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sour notes may not be the only thing emanating from your child’s squeaky clarinet or honking trombone, according to a new study just published in General Dentistry. Used woodwinds and brass ...

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children's cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems. And, in extreme ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut bacteria, a ...

Children in Guatemala who received a common vaccine that helps prevent pneumonia were less likely to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a new study led by Washington State University ...