Every year, this illness makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. This time, some parents and pediatricians ...

Scientists studied hundreds of kids and staff members to learn how respiratory viruses circulate in schools. Here’s what they ...

Often confused for a common cold, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can in fact be serious and should be studied more closely ...

Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She ...

Around 25 million Americans have a rare genetic disease, and many of them struggle with not only a lack of effective ...

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have to wait a long time to find the right medicine. But the methods of a ...

The experience of a parental suicide can foster feelings of shame and guilt within a child, worsening their mental health and tripling the likelihood of death by suicide.

The condition, which most often affects people in warm, humid climates where fungal spores are common, can trigger nasal ...

Iain Cheeseman and colleagues reveal the underappreciated role of single genes producing multiple proteins in atypical ...

When teenagers or adults do get hand, foot and mouth disease, symptoms are usually mild or may not appear at all. Some adults ...