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

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 ...

We talked one-on-one with pediatric emergency doctor, Clint Pollack from Valley Children's Hospital. He gave parents some needed facts about febrile seizures. A seizure is caused by abnormal, ...

A seizure caused by a fever in a young child can be terrifying, and some parents worry that the occasional fever that can follow a vaccine may cause one. But febrile seizures after vaccines are rare, ...

A systematic review found that intermittent diazepam and continuous phenobarbitone reduce the recurrence of febrile seizures in children, but the drugs have mild-to-moderate adverse effects. Because ...

Recurrent febrile seizures in children are associated with an elevated risk for epilepsy and psychiatric disorders, with increased mortality among individuals who developed epilepsy, according to ...

When a child has a fever, their body can ache, they are restless and they just don't feel well. While a fever is a part of our natural response to infection, the fever itself can lead to complications ...

Young children are particularly susceptible to seizures induced by high fever. Experiments in rats suggest that changes in brain pH might be to blame (pages 817–823). Epilepsy, better defined as ...