Two children have died of flu in North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Indiana is seeing "very high" rates of influenza activity in emergency rooms, urgent care centers and primary care offices across the state.

As a parent, you may occasionally wonder how your sweet child can have such bad breath, but bad breath in kids happens! As opposed to just ‘morning breath,’ chronic bad ...

Most of us are aware that a persistent sore throat and a fever are telltale signs of a strep infection, and that they warrant ...

The flu is a disease of the respiratory system involving the mouth, nose, throat and occasionally the bronchi and lungs.

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

A herpes infection can be very serious in a baby, and the younger the infant, the more vulnerable they are. This is also one reason why you should avoid kissing a baby on the mouth. WHO's recent ...

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died. Here's the symptoms.

To reduce the risk of transmission, wash your hands frequently, cover your mouth when coughing ... complications like a secondary bacterial infection occur. In vulnerable groups, such as the elderly ...

with few cases that have an unknown -- or unclear -- source of infection, there may be evidence of some cases slipping through the cracks. "There are reassuring factors here, which is the child ...

There is no let-up when it comes to respiratory infections in Chennai. Some paediatric centres in the city are continuing to see children with mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. Over the past few ...