Erika Edwards

Flagging children who may be experiencing mental health problems can help get them early help. “We don’t want them struggling,” one expert said.

A new study suggests that the subvariant BA.4.6 can cause reinfections. A slew of other subvariants on the horizon may do the same.

“We can do better,” said one expert in Alabama, a state that’s historically performed poorly in the annual report.

It’s impossible to predict what happens next, infectious disease doctors say. Young children, in particular, are still at risk for respiratory viruses.

Children who had unexplained severe liver inflammation were infected with as many as four viruses at once, new research shows.

The number of kids whose caregivers are opting them out of routine childhood vaccines has reached an all-time high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of children unprotected against preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough. The report did not dive into the reasons for the increase, but experts said the findings clearly reflect Americans’ growing unease about medicine in general. “There is a rising distrust i…

People at higher risk for the most severe complications of COVID — primarily those ages 65 and older — should get a booster shot this spring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The CDC’s recommendation came hours after the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in support of the extra dose. Another round of the vaccine given within the next few months would offer the best protection possible, the advisers said, ahead of another likely rise in illn…

The shift in guidance comes as COVID hospitalizations and deaths continue to fall.

Newborns Exposed To Measles In Texas

A researcher attributed the increase to awareness and improvements in detecting the developmental disorder.