Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row
The percentage of U.S. kindergartners who’ve received standard childhood vaccines took a small but notable…
Category: children’s health
Pediatricians recommend weight-loss drugs and surgery for children with obesity
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications…
In a first, children with rare genetic diseases get mitochondrial transplants from their mothers
At a far distant point in Earth’s ancient past, two separate, single-celled life forms —…
CVS, Walgreens limiting purchases of children’s drugs amid cold and flu season shortages
Caring for sick children has become extra stressful recently for many U.S. parents due to…
Opinion: Reducing the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases starts with kids
Americans have been warned — again — about lax attention to routine vaccinations. This time…
Health officials revise BMI tool to track severe obesity in kids
U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity…
Ballerina, firefighter, hygienist? Why dentistry needs to start its pipeline with young kids
Dentistry has a diversity problem, and medical and dental experts say the best way to…
Opinion: Pediatricians and parents on the brink: This is their March 2020
In March 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the United States, the nation’s pediatric…
Opinion: Carefully crafted digital approaches can improve youths’ mental health care
In the face of a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health, urgent measures…
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Opinion: Lessons from polio about the need to vaccinate kids against Covid-19
As pediatricians, epidemiologists, and professors of public health — as well as mothers — we…
Opinion: Californians: To keep kids healthy, oppose sales of flavored nicotine products
Californians have an opportunity on Tuesday to protect the health of their children by voting…
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Opinion: Respiratory infection surge sounds a wake-up call for pediatric emergency care
“Mommy. Daddy. I can’t breathe.” Waking up to those words is terrifying for any parent….
STAT+: Weight-loss drug had dramatic effect in adolescents with obesity, study finds
A blockbuster weight-loss medicine led to dramatic effects for adolescents diagnosed with obesity, a result…
Pfizer says vaccine to prevent RSV in newborns is effective
Pfizer’s maternal vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus reduced the rate of severe illness in…
In a year it was supposed to flare, polio-like syndrome in kids doesn’t, adding to mystery
Physicians who treat children who develop a strange polio-like syndrome known as acute flaccid myelitis…
Opinion: Kids with cancer deserve more than a cure
As an oncologist and a leader at a national cancer organization, I’ve watched countless families…
STAT+: Even as large health systems bleed money, children’s hospitals are faring well
Children’s hospitals were spared from the worst ravages of the pandemic, putting them in a…
U.S. preventive health group recommends anxiety screening for kids 8 to 18
An influential national panel of preventive health experts on Tuesday recommended for the first time…
Youth vaping rates appear to be dropping, but regulators and advocates aren’t satisfied
WASHINGTON — A new survey from the CDC and the FDA suggests that youth vaping…
Harassment prompts children’s hospitals to strip websites, threatening access to gender-affirming care
Children’s hospitals that have been targeted on social media for providing gender-affirming care — and…
New study sees possible link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and risk of asthma, but caveats abound
A new study suggests there may be a link between aluminum used in vaccines that…
Opinion: Gender-affirming care should be embraced, not met with vitriol and bomb threats
As a pediatrician and a parent of a transgender son, I have become increasingly alarmed…
Opinion: Listen: Polio is back in the U.S. Two physicians offer ways to fight its spread
Polio has exploded back into Americans’ consciousness after being out of the spotlight in the…
With increased virus activity, providers urged to be alert for signs of rare polio-like syndrome in kids
Pediatricians and top health officials are warning about an uptick in activity of a common…
Opinion: To improve children’s health in low-income countries, put pediatric surgery on par with preventing malaria or HIV
The devastation caused by malnutrition, HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low income countries is well…
CDC looking at cases of 109 children in suspected hepatitis outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday it is investigating 109 reported cases…