Maternal-infant ABO blood group incongruence was associated with reduced risk for severe infection among second-born infants.

The incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (nHSV) infections in the United States in 2019 was 15.7 per 100,000 hospital births, according to a study published online April 14 in Pediatrics.

As congenital syphilis cases soar in the United States, some states are turning to rapid, point-of-care tests to catch ...

Less is known about severe neonatal infection caused by the parechoviruses (PeV) of which type 1 (PeV1) and type 2 (PeV2) were previously known as echovirus 22 and echovirus 23. They belong to the ...

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (nHSV) infections in the United States in 2019 was 15.7 per 100,000 hospital births, according to a study ...

Prior to 2013, infections had remained relatively low and stable for 17 years. Overall, strep's prevalence more than doubled, from 3.6 per 100,000 people to 28.2 per 100,000 people.

A bill recently passed by the West Virginia legislature would undo the state’s mandate for newborns to receive prophylaxis ...

Ear infections rank among the most prevalent childhood ailments in America, with a staggering 80% of youngsters experiencing at least one episode before their third birthday. While these painful ...

"Measles has a chance to literally destroy your brain, to cause pneumonia, ear infections and, although it is only fatal in a relatively small number of people, it spreads so amazingly easily that ...

Severe and possibly deadly strep infections are on the rise in the U.S., according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The rate of invasive group A ...