A recent study of schoolchildren finds that the youngest students harbor the most germs. Researchers looked at nasal swabs ...

September 19, 2011 — Vaccinating older children against seasonal influenza results in a 34% drop in the number of children aged 2 to 4 years who show up at emergency departments with flu-like symptoms ...

Children may be more likely to survive a rare, potentially fatal influenza complication if they receive rapid treatment for brain swelling and extreme immune responses, a Stanford Medicine-led report ...

The quadrivalent recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV4) demonstrated non-inferior immune responses in children and adolescents aged 9-17 years compared with adults aged 18-49 years, with the safety ...

WASHINGTON (AP) More children than ever got vaccinated against the flu last year, and health officials urged families Thursday to do even better this time around. Far too many young and middle-aged ...

The typical patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital this March is an infant battling respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It’s a heart-wrenching scene: ...

Wisconsin is continuing to see one of its worst flu season of the last decade, with a second pediatric death from influenza reported earlier this month. As of Feb. 8, every region of the state was ...

He stressed the government should continue to educate the public to ensure both parents and students recognised that jabs ...

Flu season is underway across the U.S. — with particularly high activity across the state of Wisconsin. For the week ending Feb. 1, Wisconsin Department of Health Services data show influenza activity ...