The doctor explained how climate changes can trigger viral infections and affect children and elderly people severely.

Pediatricians like me are worried that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisers will make it harder for children to get the ...

Health chiefs say it is vital uptake is at least 95 per cent to prevent outbreaks of the highly infectious conditions, which ...

In a tragic incident a five-year-old girl lost her life after being misdiagnosed with tonsillitis later confirmed to be ...

An 8-year-old boy, Liam Dahlberg, in Indiana has died from Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection, highlighting the dangers of skipping vaccines. Read ahead to know more about it.

As the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylanvia (CHOP) explains, before the Hib vaccine was introduced in 1985, about 20,000 children in the United States would develop serious, sometimes fatal ...

Liam had contracted H flu, also known as Haemophilus influenzae or Hib. The disease developed into a meningitis infection, a loved one said in a GoFundMe.

Liam had contracted H flu, also known as Haemophilus influenzae or Hib. The disease developed into a meningitis infection, a loved one said in a GoFundMe.

The common bacteria causing meningitis are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, and many others. It’s noteworthy that the bacterium causing tuberculosis can ...

Viral meningitis is the more common form of the disease but is also generally considered the least dangerous. Viruses such as mumps, West Nile, HIV and the herpes simplex virus can all cause viral ...

The death toll from cerebrospinal meningitis in Nigeria has risen to 156, up from the previous 74, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The latest data, released by ...