Clean hands, healthy kids - Corpus Christi Caller
Elisabeth Vargas, 6, (left) and Malyssa Martinez, 6, sing the alphabet as they practice scrubbing their hands Friday at Chula Vista Academy of Fine Arts. First-graders were given the lesson in hygiene as part of the Scrubby Bear training program, a

More than 200 students sick at Onalaska High School - WKBT
With seasonal flu and H1N1 spreading, doctors are urging people who feel sick to stay home. As it turns out, hundreds of students at one local high school are taking their advice. 226 kids were out sick Friday at Onalaska High School, most of them

Swine flu hits hard, early — claims 11 more kids - AOL
WASHINGTON -Swine flu is causing unprecedented illness for so early in the fall — including a worrisome count of child deaths — and the government warned Friday that vaccine supplies will be even more scarce than expected through this month

Tylenol may weaken effectiveness of kids’ vaccines - KRDO
THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) — Fever after a vaccination is a normal and essential part of building an immune response, and giving children acetaminophen — best known in the U.S. as Tylenol — after a shot could dampen that response, a new