Public health and school officials say after covid, parents have been more likely to skip the school bus at the first sign of ...

Barbara Plummer, host of WEWS morning show, enthralled youngsters in 1960s with Magic Mirror, Do Bee, Don’t Bee and other ...

The abrupt change in the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule from 17 vaccines to 11 belies promises to the American people that ...

“The main problem with children with asthma is that their immune system overreacts to germs that it should learn to modulate its responses. The common cold or allergens can send children with asthma ...

When a virus tears through your household, you do not have time to scrub every corner, yet you still want to keep the next ...

I teach a class for high school freshmen, and one recent morning, I felt something whiz past my ear. Before I could process it, a second one hit me right in the side of the head. It was a mini ...

Nov. 24, 2025 — From Thanksgiving to New Year’s, holiday togetherness comes with a catch: a spike in the viruses that thrive when we all gather inside. The latest U.S. wastewater data suggests that ...

Ah, the good old days! Remember when parents had a whole bag of tricks to get their kids ready for the world? Things have changed a lot, and while progress is great, some timeless lessons seem to have ...

Kids are really the germiest members of the household. In case you didn’t know that from experience, new research published in the journal Pediatrics confirmed that respiratory viruses circulate ...

All too often, adults discover that children are smarter than we give them credit for—quickly mastering how to walk, talk, and ride a bike. But what about when it comes to remembering to look both ...

Danielle Arlanda Harris receives funding from the Queensland Family and Child Commission and the Australian Research Council. Families with young children are yet again reeling after this week’s Four ...

Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs ...