Among 1,560 kids hospitalized with the flu, antiviral use ranged between 48.3% and 56.8% in the years before the pandemic, ...

A number of pediatric hospitals across the country are warning about an increase in the number of cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, a rare condition in which different parts of ...

Research shows that long COVID risk in kids depends not only on the virus, but also on social and economic conditions at home ...

Last week, the number of COVID-19 cases in children in the US reached levels not seen since the winter surge. And with the return to school, the Delta variant on the rise and winter approaching, ...

Children and teens have a doubled risk of long COVID following their second COVID-19 infection, researchers report. What's more, long COVID dramatically increases kids' risk of myocarditis, blood ...

Walensky is a professor at Harvard Medical School and served as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Once clinical trials showed that Covid-19 vaccines were safe and ...

The CDC never recommended babies get 72 injections . In 2024 and part of 2025, before the Trump administration’s changes, it recommended children up to age 2 get up to 12 different vaccines protecting ...

Phrasing is "anything but objective," former Journal of the American Medical Association deputy editor says. Harvard-led ...

Banning children from riding in cars is ridiculous, but there's more data to support it than there is for not vaccinating ...

Partisan attacks on public health initiatives are undermining efforts to control COVID-19. Claims linking COVID-19 vaccines to pediatric deaths are disputed, citing data on hospitalizations and long ...

As COVID-19 cases begin to rise again in parts of the world, including India, another less visible concern is also gaining attention long COVID. While most people recover from COVID-19 in a week or ...