Browsing: Children’s Health

This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the start of a bad era. Confirmed measles…

One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce…

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Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the health risks of consuming raw milk and an outbreak…

In September 2016, a distraught mother sent infant formula maker Mead Johnson a message: “REMOVE ME FROM YOUR LIST!!!! DO…

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One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who…

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

SALT LAKE CITY — Ben Dowse hadn’t expected to treat measles when he became a doctor, but there he was,…

HealthQ’s Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer share know-how for parents navigating the decision to seek out mental healthcare for a…

Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training…

More than 1 million children have lost insurance since President Donald Trump took office in 2025. Another million could lose…

Yolibeth’s 4-year-old daughter scrambled headfirst onto a cushy leather love seat at their home near New Orleans and pushed a…

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest…

PORT HURON, Mich. — State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule…

James Mu had braced for the call that came in late January. A patient from his rural Northern California county…