Enterovirus D68, the respiratory virus currently sickening children in Canada and the U.S., normally causes mild cold symptoms such as fever, runny nose, sneezing, cough and muscle aches. Most ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC)— Local doctors are observing an uptick in cases of viral meningitis, a common occurrence during this time of year. Unlike the more severe bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis is ...

Enteroviruses are a group of viruses that cause everything from the common cold to meningitis, polio, type 1 diabetes, and much more. Over 100 different types have been described by researchers, and ...

Providers at UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics are seeing viral upper respiratory infections this week. WellSpan Pediatric ...

Co announces it received clearance from the FDA to market its Xpert EV test, which runs on the GeneXpert System, for the presumptive qualitative detection of enterovirus RNA in cerebrospinal fluid as ...

Consistently high vaccination rates and global health surveillance programs have helped eliminate poliomyelitis (polio) in almost all countries of the world, except Afghanistan and Pakistan. Yet ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing strep throat, pink eye and upper respiratory illnesses this week. “It’s important for your child to keep up with good hand hygiene ...

Erlend Ravlo, a PhD research fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technolog (NTNU) at work in the laboratory. Now he and colleagues have found promising solutions in the fight against ...

Review of hospital discharge ICD-9 codes identified 685 patients younger than 6 months of age discharged with a diagnosis of UTI or meningitis during the study period; 299 infants were excluded ...

The health ministry launched a nationwide investigation in February of echovirus 11, which primarily affects newborns and young children, following the deaths of three newborns infected with the ...