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Infants and young children are among hundreds of patients set to receive new life-saving drugs for rare blood cancers. Around…

A child receiving a vaccination. Global immunization efforts are off track to meet the 2030 targets. Nearly 90% of infants…

Around a million families are being urged to protect their children against the spread of measles and other potentially deadly…

Agbonlahor, O., DeJarnett, N., Hart, J. L., Bhatnagar, A., McLeish, A. C., & Walker, K. L. (2024). Racial/Ethnic discrimination and…

Key Takeaways With childhood vaccination rates in the U.S. continuing to decline as measles cases rise across the U.S., KFF’s…

According to recent news reports, the families of about 400 children with disabilities who are enrolled in Tennessee’s Children’s Special…

LOS ANGELES — Damian Zermeño, 15, sensed something was wrong the moment he got home from school. His aunt sat…

How many people are uninsured? For the first time since 2019, the number of people without health coverage and the…

Introduction One in four children aged 18 and under living in the U.S. has at least one immigrant parent. Policies…

As of 2024, there were 24 million noncitizen immigrants, including lawfully present and undocumented immigrants, living in the U.S. Noncitizen…

Rickets is a skeletal disorder caused by a deficiency of calcium, phosphate, and vitamin D — nutrients needed for the…

Did you know that China had more than 700 measles outbreaks between 2009 and 2012, despite the fact that more…