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A rectal temperature of 100.4 F (38 C) or higher in a baby under 3 months means call …
Children's asthma attacks surge in the weeks after school starts, a pattern so reliable that pediatric researchers call …
The HPV vaccine prevents six cancers and works best when given at ages 11 to 12, before any …
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Type 1 diabetes in a child shows up fast: constant thirst, frequent urination, sudden weight loss, and exhaustion. …
KFF Health News documented children boarding in hospitals long after they were cleared for discharge. The peer-reviewed literature …
Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the US, and about 1 in 365 …
Black children are diagnosed with ADHD less often and later than white children, and they are more likely …
Black children carry more than double the asthma prevalence of white children and a far higher rate of …
Black children, and Black girls most of all, carry the highest childhood obesity rates in the country, and …
Most ear infections in children clear on their own, and antibiotics are not always the right first step. …
Black children are now identified with autism at higher rates than white children, but they are still diagnosed …
Black children carry higher rates of food allergy than white children and are more likely to be underdiagnosed, …
Black children carry the highest rates of elevated blood lead in the country, and lead permanently harms a …
RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, and the babies hardest hit are …
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