Early-onset neonatal sepsis and meningitis are associated with an increased risk for childhood epilepsy, according to a recent study.

Among febrile infants aged 90 days or younger with positive urinalysis results, the prevalence of bacteraemia is high, but the risk for concomitant bacterial meningitis is low, a study finds.

He had complained of a headache and a runny nose but less than 24 hours later Brayden was pronounced brain dead. His mum wants to prevent it happening to someone else’s son.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in children aged 6 ...