UCR Health pediatrician explains symptoms, transmission, and what parents should watch for as outbreaks spread ...

It's that time of year again, when winter bugs seem to be everywhere and if your child is at school or nursery and in close contact with others, they're bound to pick up the odd illness or two. Colder ...

As students head back to school, a checkup on which vaccines are needed is usually on the list. WTOP looks into which ones are especially important this year. “Vaccines are victims of their own ...

Pneumonia struck first. Then tonsillitis spiraled into sepsis. Malaria battered him next, and after treatment, the other illnesses flared back up again. This unvaccinated 2-year-old boy is trapped in ...

As a pediatrician, I’ve dedicated my career to advocating for children’s health. But when my daughter, Eliza, was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome, a fatal childhood neurological disease, I realized ...

Misdiagnosis or underdiagnosis of rare diseases in patients with diagnoses of common diseases can lead to delayed or inappropriate treatments, thereby complicating the management of both rare and ...

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral infection usually seen in children under 5 years old, although adults can ...