You may commonly notice a wet or dry cough in kids. Coughing is a defensive response that clears the airways of irritants, ...

Fever in children and teens may occur due to various reasons. This is also called febrile response or pyrexia, in which the ...

This is a matter of great concern, because whooping cough -- which is also known as pertussis -- can affect people of all age groups, especially children ... and a low-grade fever.

The flu virus spreads mainly by droplets released when people cough ... no longer having symptoms, according to Dr. Pranita Tamma, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins ...

A nonproductive cough, known as a dry cough, doesn’t produce phlegm or mucus. Many things — from allergies to acid reflux — can cause a dry cough. In some cases, there’s no obvious cause.

The CDC said it was aware of increasing HMPV cases in northern China following reports from Beijing-run media confirming positivity rates have risen significantly among children 14 and younger.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the airways that primarily infects children ... reported so far this year. No cases have been reported ...

Cases of norovirus and whooping cough are rising across ... diarrhea, fever and body aches, which can lead to dehydration, especially in young children and older adults, The Washington Post ...

As their immune systems are still developing, infants are more vulnerable to infections, including HMPV. Keep reading as we ...

hacking cough and a fever that reached 104. That would be me. So, as I recover, I offer one of those columns of random thoughts that writers have been phoning in since, well, long before the ...

The federal government has strengthened surveillance at major international airports in Nigeria to guide against the outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) recently discovered in China.