IRISH parents are being urged to recognise the signs of scarlet fever – and know when it’s time to bring your child to a doctor. Scarlet fever is a contagious infection that mostly ...

As students head back to school, a checkup on which vaccines are needed is usually on the list. WTOP looks into which ones are especially important this year. “Vaccines are victims of their own ...

Measles is spreading in the southwestern U.S., as an outbreak in Texas has now crossed the border into New Mexico. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed in an updated report ...

Save yourself a trip to the ER. Dr. Meghan Martin (@Beachgem10), a pediatric emergency medicine doctor with four kids of her own, is calling out the top five “weird summer things” she doesn’t like.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Northeast Florida families prepare for another school year, a Jacksonville pediatrician with more than 40 years of medical experience is sounding the alarm over falling ...

Twenty-eight children battling life-altering diseases took off along with their families on the trip of a lifetime this ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — Now that we’re a month into the start of the school year, parents are sharing their concerns over school lunches and processed foods. “What is put into my ...

A pediatric emergency medicine doctor is warning parents about a sharp rise in injuries linked to electric bikes and scooters this year as popularity with the electric micromobility devices increases.