In June 2021, as Kenya was slowly recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, a 17-month-old girl and her mother crossed the border from Somalia to visit a relative in Dagahaley camp in Garissa County. The ...

Risk of long COVID in children doubles after second COVID-19 infection, according to study co-authored by Lurie doctor.

The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.

A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases involving over 460,000 children and adolescents across 40 pediatric ...

In a new study in JAMA Pediatrics, population-level effectiveness and herd immunity were robust 17 years after human ...

Four-year-old Carter Grover has persevered through more than most adults will in their entire lives. At seven months old, Carter contracted a virus as a complication from COVID-19, which caused him to ...

The monsoon, with its beautiful rains, also tends to bring a wave of seasonal illnesses. This year, the spotlight is on the ...

The viruses are transmitted by skin to skin contact, even if an infected person has no symptoms. Typically, it’s passed ...

Dr Andy Whittamore, a GP and clinical lead at Asthma + Lung UK, has shed light on why plummeting temperatures can impact our ...

Polio has been a common childhood vaccine since the 1950s, but do adults need a polio booster? Infectious disease experts share the answer.

However, Georgia recalled a chat she'd had with another mum whose daughter was at Stoke Mandeville Hospital alongside Ivy, ...

Flu and COVID-19 vaccine shots are available in parts of the country this week, with doctors urging people at highest risk in particular to get vaccinated as the respiratory virus season sets in. In ...