Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness. The ...

In the United States, the Hib vaccine is recommended for all children younger than 5 years old. It offers the best protection against Hib, which is short for a bacteria called Haemophilus influenzae ...

Petri dish with a brown agar base, featuring clusters of small, round, pink bacterial colonies of H. Influenza. Blue handwritten text on the lid. A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, the Detroit Public Schools Community District confirmed there were cases of Haemophilus influenzae in students at Marcus Garvey ...

Join the meeting of the Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee this Saturday at 1 p.m. EDT titled, “After the death of Jimari Williams: Mobilize educators, parents, and students to defend ...

The Detroit Health Department has confirmed four cases of a bacterial infection at a Detroit school that closed temporarily last week because of an increase in illnesses among an undisclosed number of ...

Ashlee Dahlberg’s son, Liam, came home from school with a headache; the next day he was rushed to the hospital, nearly unresponsive An MRI that showed the 8-year-old's brain and spinal cord were ...

A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be possible, experts say. Published today (31 October) in Nature Microbiology, they uncovered ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. For more episodes, download the Medscape app or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast provider. Chow: We saw a ...

An 8-year-old boy contracted a bacterial infection from a classmate and died within 20 hours, his Indiana mom said. Ashlee Dahlberg, of Lowell, is now imploring parents to vaccinate their children ...