A panel of infectious diseases experts this morning expressed far more grave concerns for Americans about the risks of flu and enterovirus D68 than for Ebola virus disease. That's noteworthy because ...

Virus is suspected of sickening children in at least 43 states. — -- The respiratory disease enterovirus 68 is being blamed for the first time for directly causing the death of a child. Hamilton ...

9 children reported with weakness or paralysis after virus. — -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating whether limb weakness and paralysis in nine children could be ...

After virtually disappearing for several years amid measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now urging doctors to be vigilant for a renewed ...

Healthcare providers reported an increase in pediatric hospitalizations across the country for severe respiratory illnesses last month, which may be linked to an enterovirus strain that causes rare ...

The CDC issued an advisory last week about a recent uptick in severe respiratory illness that has required hospitalization in children, encouraging them to consider that it might be a type of ...

SAN DIEGO — The headline-grabbing enterovirus D68 is expected to be a hot topic at this year's American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2014 National Conference and Exhibition. Organizers anticipate that ...

Does your child have Enterovirus 68 or just a bad cold? It can be hard to tell the difference between the two, but an infectious diseases specialist suggests how parents should treat their kids’ ...

The Infectious Disease Conference is in Philadelphia, bringing together top experts, many of whom are on the front line fighting Ebola and investigating Enterovirus D-68. Doctor Bruce Ribner is a ...

A virus-caused respiratory disease that has already sent hundreds of children -- its apparent main target -- to hospital emergency rooms and put some in intensive care units is likely to spread even ...

(HealthDay News) – A vaccine for enterovirus 71 (EV71) has high efficacy for EV71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease and EV71-associated disease, according to a study published online May 29 in ...

As of April 29 a total of 1884 cases including 20 deaths of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) due to enterovirus (EV-71) have been reported among infants and young children. The 20 deaths are in ...