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 ...

An oral infection can cause white patches inside your mouth, redness, soreness, and loss of taste. Yeast (Candida) naturally lives on your skin, along with other bacteria and fungi. In moderation, ...

Most children will fully recover from a sinus infection without antibiotics. Antibiotics are used for severe cases of sinusitis or in children who have other complications because of sinusitis.

Other infectious microbes that spread through saliva do so by sticking to the inner surface of the cheeks and mouth, the tongue, or teeth. An example is the bacterium Streptococcus, which can cause an ...

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 ...

UNICEF estimates that three million children nationwide need humanitarian assistance, with 1.2 million children in immediate danger across the city. Call for action UNICEF is urging all parties to ...

Saliva is critical for chewing, swallowing, digestion, protecting against infection, and keeping teeth clean. Dry mouth is often a temporary response to stress or nervousness. Chronic dry mouth ...