The kids get to play chemist by mixing their own watercolor paints. While painting, they can learn how germs form and spread.

"It’s a small step that makes a big difference in keeping classrooms healthy and thriving." registered nurse Kim Queisser ...

GRANT CITY -- Some students envision germs as microscopic squishy “blobs” and others envision them as being long squiggly “strings”. Upper-grade students at St. Christopher’s School were ...

Washing your hands frequently and getting plenty of sleep are two of the best ways to keep healthy as the school year begins.

According to Dr. Frank Esper, of Cleveland Clinic Children's, Halloween season is the perfect time to teach kids to channel their inner "Dracula" by learning to cough into their elbows.

To all the Purel-toting moms and dads out there: it seems the germs kids pick up at daycare might actually make them healthier. A new study from researchers at the University of California ...

With that, handwashing 101 came to a close in Brandy Harris's first-grade class, where germs will probably be back again tomorrow, but kids will be armed with the key to getting rid of them.

Parents are constantly telling their kids to avoid certain behaviors so they won’t get sick. That’s an important message — children need to learn to protect themselves.

COOPER TWP. — Washing your hands properly can prevent germs that can make you sick, Candice Henley told children at the Danville Child Development Center on Wednesday.

Taking care of a sick toddler isn’t fun. But taking care of two sick children is worse. Learn some quick tips to stop germs from spreading at home.

Why it's good to expose kids to germs early on Scientists show how early exposure to microbes has lasting effects on the immune system's sensitivity to allergies and asthma.