This week, Africa is facing a mixed health situation. Namibia has declared an end to its mpox outbreak, while Madagascar is reporting rising case counts. Nigeria is grappling with a seasonal surge in ...

A recent medical report has forced doctors and parents to confront measles’s long-term complications in children again. In February 2026, the New England Journal of Medicine described a 7-year-old boy ...

Boston emergency departments are quietly becoming the backup dentist for a growing number of families, with a steady rise in patients coming in for tooth trouble. The spike is especially sharp among ...

Doctor explains when to worry about fevers, coughs and head injuries in children - GP Dr Nighat Arif outlines common health ...

Across the nation, more children are entering ERs for preventable tooth problems. Dentists, hygienists, and researchers attributed that trend to a shortage of pediatric dental care professionals in ru ...

Across the nation, more children are entering ERs for preventable tooth problems. Eight-year-old Jonah woke up one May morning with a swollen face and a toothache. He refused the pain medication that ...

Dravet syndrome affects about 1 in 17,500 children. Having two daughters with the condition is “extraordinarily uncommon.” ...

Jonah Reynolds sits with his father in May 2022 after a doctor extracted a tooth that caused him severe pain. (Geneva ...

Mumps was once a routine childhood illness in the United States before the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first vaccine in 1967 and vaccination dramatically reduced cases.

Cold, flu and COVID may get the most attention, but a lesser-known, highly contagious virus is taking the West Coast by storm ...

Meanwhile, prescriptions for an unproven autism treatment soared after a widely watched September press conference by Trump ...

Codeveloped by the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross, these guidelines represent the first comprehensive update of first aid treatment recommendations since 2010. Incorporating the ...