Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

Researchers have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team showed that gene ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the ...

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show cases of norovirus, the highly contagious stomach bug, are ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

Following a sharp rise in cases of walking pneumonia among Canadian children, rates of the infection seem to be dropping — ...

The autoimmune form of diabetes often starts in childhood. One of the main symptoms is increased urination. Kids with type 1 diabetes may start wetting the bed after they’ve been toilet trained.

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Ticks aren’t like bugs that bite you and then fly away. When a tick gets on your body, it sets up camp. It finds a place to eat, then burrows its head into your skin and starts feeding on your ...

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