Dispensing antibiotics too often to babies and toddlers could leave the youngsters vulnerable to developing allergies and asthma, according to a team of US-based doctors and scientists.Extra ...

Exposure to antibiotics prior to age 2 is associated with a 24% increased risk of asthma and 33% increased risk of food ...

Antibiotics are commonly prescribed to young children to combat conditions such as ear infections and pneumonia. But the drugs may disrupt the digestive microbiome at a significant time in a child ...

Intellectual disabilities, food allergies, and asthma were all more common in children who took multiple courses of ...

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Antibiotics are commonly prescribed to young children to combat conditions such as ear infections and pneumonia. But the drugs may disrupt the digestive microbiome at a significant time in a child’s ...

The likelihood for upper respiratory tract infections and wheeze in children was impacted by when the child was born in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings published in The ...

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 ...

In 2022, over 3 million children worldwide died from antibiotic-resistant infections, highlighting the urgent need for global ...