Most deaths of young children around the world are from mainly preventable infectious causes, experts say. full story ![]()
Physicians are getting new guidance on diagnosing and treating the millions of kids who suffer through painful middle-ear infections, the most common bacterial illness in children and the one most often treated with antibiotics.
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Many ear ‘infections’ are not actually infections, but fluid that has built up behind the eardrum, which may or may not lead to an infection if left untreated. Parents have many at-home options to help prevent fluid build-up
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Copper alloy surface objects reduce healthcare-acquired infections in patients by more than halfAmericans get an estimated 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the U.S. annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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The rate of children requiring emergency admission rose by more than a quarter in the 12 years to 2010, researchers say. The largest jump was among under-fives.
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It may be an old wives’ tale to say that starving a fever is an effective remedy — but now scientists have shown that plentiful food can accelerate the spread of infections.
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Says ex-husband previously said he would kill children HUDSON, Wis. - The mother of three girls who were killed by their father in northwestern Wisconsin told jurors Thursday that her ex-husband had previously threatened to kill the children as a way to hurt her.
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LIBERAL — A southwest Kansas man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for trying to kill his three children by slitting their throats. The Hutchinson News reports that 30-year-old Irineo Garcia was sentenced Friday in Seward County for three counts of attempted second-degree murder. The Liberal man initially was charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder...
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A southwest Kansas man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for trying to kill his three children by slitting their throats.
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It took just minutes - and a tiny jellyfish - to kill two snorkelers off the western Australian coast and orphan their two horrified children, who watched the tragedy from the beach. Authorities now believe the minute, extremely venomous irukandji jellyfish is responsible for the deaths last week of Kathreen Ricketson, 41, and Robert Shugg, 48, of Canberra.
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International health officials have been monitoring both outbreaks of the new infections
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