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Measles, a condition medically known as rubeola, is highly contagious. To get better informed on this dangerous disease, we’ve compiled a list of the signs and symptoms of measles.

This mild, contagious viral infection is most common in young children and caused by the coxsackievirus. Here’s a quick glance at everything you need to know about hand, foot and mouth disease.

Fifth disease strikes children in particular, and while it’s not often serious, it can appear that way. We look into some important facts to know about fifth disease and parvovirus B19.

When you think of allergies, you probably picture a quaint commercial where a grown man or woman is tiptoeing through a field but then starts sneezing uncontrollably. Well, it turns out it’s not just grownups that have to deal with allergies. In fact, babies can have a variety of allergies, and they can range from […]

Chickenpox is a common illness in North America that afflicts almost 90-percent of individuals (mostly children) who come into contact with the varicella-zoster (herpes) virus. Here are the itchy, scratchy, annoying, early-warning signs of the chickenpox.