The FDA has told the makers of six flu vaccines that they need to add a notification to the label of their shots, warning of ...

The FDA told influenza vaccine makers they should add a warning about an increased febrile seizure risk in babies and ...

The FDA has directed pharma companies of influenza vaccines to update their product labelling to include the risk of ...

The FDA wants seizure risk added to flu vaccine labels for young children. Dr. Todd Ellerin breaks down the studies, how ...

Occur only once per 24-hour period. Events that seem otherwise like febrile seizures but that violate these rules, usually by longer duration or by having multiple recurrences in 24 hours, are ...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Saint Joseph Medical System is warning parents that febrile seizures can happen when your child has a high-grade fever. WSBT 22 spoke with a family that experienced ...

Background. Klein and colleagues have previously published data [1] on the frequency of febrile seizures after receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine. They demonstrated that the ...

Vaccination with combination measles-mumps rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine or separate measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and varicella vaccines does not increase the risk for febrile seizures among 4- to 6 ...

Fever in children is a common problem seen daily in almost any busy office practice. In fact, some studies estimate that up to a third of office visits for children in the United States are the result ...

Witnessing someone have a seizure can be frightening. There are many causes of seizures − epilepsy and other diseases or infections, abnormal blood sugars, withdrawal from drugs or alcohol and even ...

A fever is typically harmless and can occur when the body fights an infection, such as the flu. Persistent high fevers or additional symptoms, such as abdominal pain or difficulty breathing, may ...