HEALTH CARE

As the covid-19 pandemic worsened a mental health crisis among America's young people, a small group of states quietly withdrew...

New autism diagnoses tend to be clustered within specific NHS service regions, suggesting that where an individual lives may influence...

Researchers call for better newborn screens across the U.S. Cystic fibrosis is missed more often in newborn screenings for non-white...

Why do some 4- and 5-year-olds still nap like clockwork every afternoon, while other preschoolers start giving up habitual napping...

The consumption of polyphenols in adolescents is associated with a better cardiovascular health, according to a collaborative research study which...

Many children live in homes with unused prescription drugs and expired medications, a new national poll suggests. Nearly half of...

A study of nearly 2,000 children found that those who reported playing video games for three hours per day or...

Emergence delirium -; a confused state during recovery from anesthesia that may include disorientation, hallucination, restlessness and purposeless hyperactivity -;...

In a recent study published in Obesity, researchers assessed the association between school closing during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

In a recent study under review at the Nature Portfolio journal and currently posted to Research Square* preprint server, researchers...

Researchers at The University of Queensland have found children in disadvantaged communities often go hungry when they attend early education...

A multi-institutional team of scientists, led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine's Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health,...

An innovative program to support children with reading difficulties helped them make significant progress when used online, new analysis shows....

Pediatric obesity is a serious disease and its prevalence has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many factors can contribute to...