WE WENT TO THE EXPERTS FOR ANSWERS. THERE’S ALL SORTS OF NASTY STUFF OUT THERE. YOU DON’T NEED TO TELL THIS GROUP. THEY ALREADY KNOW THE VIRUSES, THE BACTERIA, EVEN THE BUGS ARE BACK. ONE CATCH OR IS ...

I wanted to report this story last month, but I was too sick with COVID. My kid gave it to me. My colleagues on the health reporting team would have tackled the story, but they've been sick, too, ...

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It never fails: My kids stay healthy all summer long, but as soon as school starts, they bring home all sorts of germs and the runny noses and annoying coughs that come along with them. The COVID-19 ...

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A new study about the long-term benefits of relatively harmless, everyday germs may have parents thinking twice before slathering their kids with antibacterial soap. A new study about the long-term ...

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After months of COVID, flu and RSV infections, parents of little kids are kinda losing it. But the data shows kids have always brought home waves... Your kids are adorable germ vectors. Here's how ...