BALTIMORE - A new study aims to determine the underlying etiology of seizures and help to target therapy, improve control ...

By preparing antibodies from clonally expanded peripheral blood plasmablasts from Kawasaki disease children, antigens of a previously unidentified virus targeted ...

Credit: Children's National BALTIMORE - In newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), lower heart rate variability correlates with autonomic manifestations of ...

Recent tragic instances of suicide, urban violence and mass shootings have generated renewed concern among pediatricians regarding firearm violenceCredit: Pediatric ...

HPV vaccine is a critical cancer-protecting vaccine; yet only half of adolescents have received their needed dosesCredit: Pediatric Academic Societies ...

Prescription opioid misuse results in numerous poor health consequences among children in the US; however, knowledge of recent opioid prescribing ...

Credit: Pediatric Academic Societies BALTIMORE - A new study examines the barriers to vaccination of immunocompromised children (ICC). Findings from ...

New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, predicts the dead may ...

Credit: Pediatric Academic Societies BALTIMORE - Pediatricians and nurse practitioners report using several strategies to improve human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, ...

Despite a recommendation for routine HPV vaccination of adolescents over 10 years, vaccination series completion rates remain less than 50% ...

Most significant genes at key loci are specific to childhood onset of asthma Asthma, a common respiratory disease that causes ...

Credit: Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt The sight of a dog in a therapy vest trotting down a hospital hallway or being petted ...

New research by New York University Steinhardt Associate Professor Susannah Levi finds that children with poorer language skills are at ...

Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. - April 29, 2019 - A new study challenges the presumption that ...

New research from the University of Pennsylvania found that a specially designed health intervention given to South African youth improved ...

Brain connectivity issues found in children who have experienced prenatal alcohol exposure.Credit: Gao Lin and Linda Sommerlade WASHINGTON, D.C., April ...

A Princeton-led research team has created an unprecedented record of ocean nitrogen and oxygen levels from 70 million years ago ...

New study sheds light on what goes awry in malignancies marked by TET mutationCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA ...

Credit: University of Central Florida New research shows 75 percent of the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Central Florida ...

Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have designed ...