A recent study confirmed what many families intuitively know: The littlest students harbor the most germs. Children in ...

Sending your child to daycare for the first time can be a nerve-wracking experience. As you prepare your little one for this new chapter, you should brace yourself for the inevitable bouts of sickness ...

The holiday season brings families together around food, travel and celebration, but health experts say it also creates ideal conditions for germs to spread. Dr. Daniel Blatt, a pediatric infectious ...

Learn how to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and common back-to-school bugs with essential hygiene practices and ...

They’re cute. They’re curious. But they’re not always clean. Starting Monday, tens of thousands of Memphis students will be back in the classroom. So will their runny noses, wet coughs and loud ...

“When kids return to school, they are suddenly in close contact with many students who are outside of their summer social circle and could be exposed to new germs, which can lead to an increase in ...

As the school bell rings and classrooms fill with laughter, backpacks, and sharpened pencils, a familiar season quietly creeps in — not just the return of academic routines, but the uninvited reunion ...

Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Key Takeaways Cold and flu viruses can live on surfaces for a few hours to days. Hard ...

New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as ...