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Topic: children’s health

A close-up of a spoon filled with colorful, loop-shaped cereal is surrounded by more vibrant cereal pieces. (Getty Images / Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography)

Removing food dyes is not a panacea

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Macro eye close up. (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

Are screens behind poor vision epidemic?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Diet of a pea on a plate (Getty Images/ziquiu)

We need better eating disorder treatment

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Passing a joint at a house party (Getty Images/ sturti)

Study challenges "gateway drug" theory

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks ahead of a live interview with US commentator Tucker Carlson and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, during the finale of the Tucker Carlson Live Tour at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on October 31, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

RFK Jr. will erode children's health

Nicole Karlis
Supporters embrace following US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's trans threats alarm queer people

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Children watch as demonstrators protest bills HB 1686 and SB 14 during a 'Fight For Our Lives' rally at the Texas State Capitol on March 27, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas doctors sued for trans health care

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Father holding his son hand walking him back to school, boy is wearing protective face mask and carry a backpack in his shoulders. (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

Back to school for long COVID kids

Nicole Karlis
Sad little boy at home (Getty Images/kieferpix)

FDA failing children with rare disease

Matthew Ellinwood
4 year old little boy sleeping with his cuddly toy in his bed (Getty Images/Catherine Delahaye)

More parents giving kids melatonin

Nicole Karlis
Clinician looking out window in a hospital (Getty Images/shironosov)

Gender-affirming care docs under threat

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Overhead view on schoolboy and schoolgirl at school desk (Getty Images/golero)

Patients can't find Adderall in shortage

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A little girl holding her protective face mask looking at the open playground (Getty Images/lithiumcloud)

Long COVID is debilitating children

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Girl with sanitary pads and tampons in pocket (Getty/Isabel Pavia)

Early puberty triggered by the pandemic

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine at his practice. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Massive measles outbreak may occur in UK

Rae Hodge
Sick little boy suffering from cold (Getty Images/PeopleImages)

Are kids really getting sick more often?

Nicole Karlis
Diverse group of happy children getting on school bus (Getty Images/FatCamera)

What parents need to know about polio

Céline Gounder - KFF Health News
The physician shows to patient a model of the liver (Getty Images/Shidlovski)

Mysterious hepatitis cases in kids

Nicole Karlis
Students at the Norfolk County Agricultural High School participated in a Gay Student Alliance protest/rally in Walpole, MA on March 11, 2022. The event was held in conjunction with the school administration to support a nationwide student protest over anti-LGBT government education plans in Florida and Texas. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

How "don't say gay" harms LGBTQ youth

Nicole Karlis
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis addresses attendees on day one of the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Docs horrified by Florida's vax policy

Nicole Karlis
Boy Eating Multi Colored Breakfast Cereal (Getty Images)

Sugar affects children's brain growth

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Halfpoint)

Calif. doctors to screen kids for stress

Barbara Feder Ostrov - KFF Health News
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Trump EPA sued: refusal to ban pesticide

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
(Getty/jeancliclac)

GOP farm bill: Attack on public health

Amanda Marcotte
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