Children's Health

Weight loss surgery for kids and teens with obesity is becoming more common, study finds

Children's Health

A brain abnormality may help explain the cause of sudden infant death syndrome

SIDS Cause Risk Factors

Children's Health

Social media is a driver of youth mental health crisis, U.S. surgeon general warns

Surgeon General Social Media Youth

Planet Fitness offers free summer gym memberships to high school students

TikTok's 'almond mom' trend calls attention to the dangers of diet culture

Almond Mom TikTok

Children's Health

New 'peanut patch' could help toddlers with allergies build tolerance

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Children's Health

Teens should be trained on social media before creating accounts, APA says

Social Media Guidelines Teens

Children's Health

Philly children became far more likely to be harmed by gun violence during the pandemic, study suggests

Philly Gun Violence

Children's Health

Melatonin gummies often have higher doses than what's listed on their labels, study finds

Melatonin gummies children

Children's Health

Children who had RSV as infants are more likely to develop asthma, research shows

RSV asthma risk

What causes motion sickness? Here's how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses are telling your brain

Motion sickness

How to soothe a colicky baby – and when to suspect an underlying health issue

Babies with colic

Children's Health

Girls with autism often have subtle symptoms, making it easy to overlook

Girls with autism

Eating disorders among teens have more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic

Eating disorders teens

How to fill your kids' Easter baskets with healthier treats this year

Easter eggs

Children's Health

Severe strep infections remain elevated, CDC says; here are the signs to look for

Invasive Group A Strep

Children's Health

Not all children with sleep apnea snore; here's how to recognize the disorder

Sleep apnea children

Children's Health

Losing just 30 minutes of sleep each night can impact a child's well-being, research shows

Sleep health children

Children's Health

Pandemic stress, gangs, and utter fear fueled a rise in teen shootings

Teen shootings pandemic

Pennsylvania schools are not required to have AEDs – new legislation aims to change that

How parents can help their children maintain a healthy weight

Children healthy eating habits

Children's Health

Breathing exercises may help teens with lingering concussion symptoms

Teen Concussion Recovery

Children's Health

Teen girls are facing 'alarming' levels of violence, suicidal thoughts, CDC says

Mental health teen girls

Parents need to ask about guns before letting children visit family and friends, Trinity Health urges

Trinity Gun Safety

AEDs are lifesaving tools, but they're not required at Pa. school sporting events; A proposed law would change that

Children's Health

As the FDA seeks to limit lead levels in baby food, here's what parents should know about toxic metals

Lead baby food

Strip down to your underwear for charity during one-mile Cupid's Undie Run

Cupid's Undie Run

Fisher-Price baby sleeper, recalled in 2019, linked to 100 infant deaths

Fisher-Price recall infant sleeper

Children's Health

New childhood obesity guidelines advise drugs, surgery as treatment options in some cases

Children's Health

Babies are being born with syphilis in Pennsylvania at the highest rate in 32 years

Congenital Syphilis Pennsylvania

The record cold and flu season highlights the urgency for RSV vaccines and other preventive strategies

RSV Treatment Vaccine

Soothing a screaming child with a smartphone seems like an easy fix, but there are long-term consequences

Toddler Meltdown Smartphone

Children's Health

High school athletes are more likely to vape than their peers, despite making otherwise healthy choices

Children's Health

Nearly 1 in 4 adolescents has received a sext message; even more have watched pornography, study finds

Sexting Porn Teens

Green Sprouts recalls toddler sippy cups, bottles due to lead exposure risk

Green Sprouts recall

Parents' words carry weight when discussing obesity with their children

Parenting Obesity Talk

Children's Health

Child poisoning cases caused by prescription cough medicine on the rise, FDA warns

Benzonatate child poisoning

Health Insurance

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

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Children's Health

Bacteria in dental waterlines is causing infections in children, the CDC warns

bacteria outbreak in dental office

An RSV outbreak is surging in the United States; here's what parents should know

RSV Outbreak

Children's Health

A spike in respiratory illnesses is filling children's hospitals in Philly

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