Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute today report the identification of a ...

Popular cough medicine for children recalled over bacterial infection risk that can be deadly - The medicine was recalled ...

Little Remedies Honey Cough Syrup, a children's cough syrup, was recalled because of microbial contamination and loss of ...

Little Remedies Honey Cough Syrup, a kid's cough syrup, was recalled because of microbial contamination that may cause two ...

Many parents have heard of probiotics — those “good bacteria” that help with gut health. But are probiotics safe for kids?

An Oklahoma toddler fights for her life after contracting multiple strains of E. coli after swimming at Keystone Lake - A ...

But while travel inevitably includes exposure to new germs and environmental elements, there are ways to mitigate the risk. Here, experts share their best advice on what to pack to minimize the chance ...

New research finds that girls as young as 7 are sharing their skincare routines, sometimes using products some researchers ...

Data derived from Wittman S, et al. Antibiotic receipt during primary care telemedicine versus in-person visits for pediatric acute respiratory tract infections, 2023. Presented at: Pediatric ...

In children with febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs), an individualised antibiotic treatment regimen stopped 3 days after the achievement of adequate clinical improvement increased the risk ...

Twice-yearly mass distribution of the antibiotic to infants and children ages 1 to 59 months reduced mortality by 14% (95% CI 7-22, P<0.001) across that age span, including a 17% reduction for 1 ...

In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 10 percent of children die before they turn 5 years old (SN: 8/3/22); in 2022 alone, around 2.8 million young children died in the entire region.