Every year, this illness makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. This time, some parents and pediatricians ...

Hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreaks are surging across multiple US states this fall, with cases in Maryland reportedly ...

Pertussis can be dangerous for babies, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems. Vaccination rates in ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department has recorded more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, this year than in ...

The annual flu vaccine is given as an inactivated (non-live) injection and becomes effective about two weeks after ...

Inflammation has long been portrayed as something inherently bad; a process that needs to be fought or suppressed. In popular ...

As we head deeper into fall and toward the holiday season, your little one may start to exhibit symptoms like a runny nose, cough, or fever.

Health officials in Costa Rica have confirmed the country’s first case of yellow fever in almost seven decades. The Ministry of Health announced the positive result on Sunday, marking a rare ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a voluntary recall of several cheeses from Twin Sisters Creamery in ...

MANILA, Philippines — Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) remains to be the leading cause of respiratory illness especially in young children 1, prompting experts to raise awareness about the burden of ...

The flu can knock even healthy people down for days. That's why doctors say your best bet is to get vaccinated.