Children's Health

Purchased - Baby getting vaccinated by a doctor

Recommended vaccinations for children by age

Children's Health

Masks, social distancing will still be necessary at summer camps, CDC says

Summer camp COVID-19

Children's Health

CHOP opens specialty care center in Abington to serve Montgomery, Bucks counties

CHOP Abington Facility

Children's Health

Most children who develop MIS-C show no initial COVID-19 symptoms

MIS-C without COVID symptoms

Children's Health

Almost 40,000 U.S. kids have lost a parent to COVID-19, a new study finds

Grieving child

Children's Health

Children may be playing a big role in the rapid spread of COVID-19 variant, former Biden adviser warns

kids united kingdom variant

Children's Health

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine effective in adolescents, clinical trial shows

Pfizer vaccine kids

Children's Health

High-sugar diets put kids at increased risk for liver disease, experts say

High sugar diet

Take caution when using melatonin to help children fall asleep, experts advise

Melatonin Benefits Children

Children's Health

CHOP doctor to lead cancer research funded by Alex's Lemonade Stand

CHOP cancer research

Children's Health

Managing diabetes 'more important than ever' for children amid the pandemic

Children's diabetes covid-19

Children's Health

CHOP participating in Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trial for young children

CHOP Children Vaccine Trials

Children's Health

Hospitalizations caused by high-powered magnets have surged since ban ended

High-powered magnets

Vaping marijuana may be worse for teens than using e-cigarettes or smoking

Vaping marijuana

Children's Health

The immune response to MIS-C may hold clues to improving COVID-19 treatments, Philly researchers say

MIS-C immune system

Children's Health

Strep throat may exacerbate ADHD symptoms, new study finds

Strep and tic disorders

Children's Health

Antibodies from childhood colds don't offer protection against COVID-19, Penn study finds

Common Cold COVID-19

Children's Health

Penn State researchers identifying children most prone to screen overuse

Screen time for kids

New approaches are needed to help teens eat enough vegetables, CDC says

Teens Junk Food

Youth vaping threatens to wipe out gains in cigarette use, health experts warn

Vaping Gateway Cigarettes

Children's Health

Children's hospitals are partly to blame as superbugs increasingly attack kids

Antibiotic Misuse Superbug

New U.S. dietary guidelines may alter a memorable first birthday tradition

Toddlers Cake Guidelines

Too much screen time, cyberbullying among parents' top pandemic concerns

Pandemic screen time kids

Children's Health

Boys are susceptible to eating disorders too – but they often go undetected

Boys eating disorders

Children's Health

Schools may not be coronavirus hotbeds, CDC study suggests

COVID-19 Schools Safety

Children's Health

Many teenagers start driving too soon after a concussion

Teens drivers concussion

Children's Health

When can children get the COVID-19 vaccine? 5 questions parents are asking

COVID-19 vaccine kids

Children's Health

Childhood vaccinations have plunged during COVID – but not in the Philly area

Child Vaccines COVID-19 pandemic

Non-fatal overdoses increasing among children, CDC study finds

Child overdoses CDC

Children's Health

Infant HIV medication poised to reduce AIDS-related deaths

HIV baby medication flavor

Safely storing medicine a critical way to prevent accidental child deaths

Safe Medicine Storage

Children's Health

Children who contract COVID-19 tend to show only mild symptoms, CHOP study finds

chop study covid-19 children.jpg

Children's Health

Antibiotic use before age 2 may lead to health issues later in childhood

Antibiotics Asthma Allergies

Children's Health

Researchers identify another health benefit of Vitamin D supplements

Vitamin D benefits

Inflammatory bowel disease genetically tied to stress, depression, CHOP finds

Link between IBD and depression

Children's Health

COVID-19 cases increasing among U.S. children as fall arrives

COVID-19 in children

Children's Health

CHOP opens gender and sexuality development clinic in New Jersey

CHOP gender and sexuality development clinic

Children's Health

Vitamin D may protect unborn babies from childhood high blood pressure

Vitamin D Pregnancy Benefits

Adults also susceptible to serious inflammatory syndrome after COVID-19

MIS-A COVID-19 condition

Children's Health

Your child's vaccines: What you need to know about catching up during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vaccine Schedule COVID-19

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