Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical ...

Your dentist may recommend a space maintainer to prevent future crowding. Space maintainers are important to avoid the ...

This last week, I caved in and finally did something that I had been putting off for years. I went into my doctor’s office and had a benign cyst removed from the back of my neck. It had most likely ...

Your daughter's cyst sounds like a thyroglossal duct cyst. This is a defect which is present from birth but does not show itself until later in childhood, most commonly in preschools aged children or ...

Styes are caused by an infection in one of the eyelash hair follicles. Children do seem to get them more than adults, probably because they rub their eyes with dirty fingers, but often there is no ...

Different types of belly button infections can cause different symptoms, but most skin infections cause redness, tenderness or pain, and swelling. You may also have pus, drainage or discharge, or skin ...

Heightened risk seen for many conditions, including myocarditis, blood clots, kidney damage, abnormal heart rhythms, headache, and fatigue after second COVID-19 infection in children and adolescents.

Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie ...

The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck has covered long Covid since the condition first emerged.

Benedict Michael is affiliated with Encephalitis International. A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of ...

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Los Angeles County health officials reported the death of a school-aged resident from a known but rare complication after a measles infection acquired during infancy, and urged ...

The "school-aged" child developed a rare but fatal disease after recovering from measles Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and ...