Children's Health

Vaping has been linked to a cluster of hospitalizations in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota.

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What's Behind A Cluster Of Vaping-Related Hospitalizations?

10:58pm August 16, 2019

by Bram Sable-Smith

Dozens of people in the Midwest have been hospitalized with severe lung damage in the past month. It's unclear what exactly is causing the issue but the common link appears to be vaping.

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Timely support and treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can help children focus and thrive, pediatricians say. But it takes close follow-up after diagnosis to tailor that treatment and avoid drug side effects.

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Most Kids On Medicaid Who Are Prescribed ADHD Drugs Don't Get Proper Follow-Up

2:38pm August 15, 2019

by Patti Neighmond

An inspector general report from the Department of Health and Human Services found that 100,000 kids who were newly prescribed ADHD medication didn't see a care provider for months afterward.

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At Nashville's "High Five" camp, 12-year-old Priceless Garinger (center), whose right side has been weakened by cerebral palsy, wears a full-length, bright pink cast on her left arm — though that arm's strong and healthy. By using her weaker right arm a

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At 'High Five' Camp, Struggling With A Disability Is The Point

11:35am August 10, 2019

by Blake Farmer

A day camp in Nashville uses "constraint-induced therapy" to help kids who have physical weakness on one side — often because of a stroke or cerebral palsy — gain strength and independence.

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Renee Bach, 30, is being sued in Ugandan civil court over the deaths of children who were treated at the critical care center she ran in Uganda. She has left Uganda and is now living in Bedford County, Virginia, where she grew up.

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American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died

9:19am August 10, 2019

When she was 19, Renee Bach founded a charity that went on to care for over 900 severely malnourished babies and children. Now she is being sued by two of the mothers whose children died.

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A large new "sensory space" at Pittsburgh International Airport is divided into separate rooms; families can tailor sound and light levels to each traveler, whatever their age.

Kids And Adults With Autism Flying Easier In Pittsburgh, With Airport's Help

1:24pm August 08, 2019

by Kathleen Davis

Pittsburgh International Airport has opened a 1,500-square-foot "sensory space" to help people on the autism spectrum decompress during travel. Soothing colors and private, soundproof rooms are a hit.

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War Is The Enemy Of Breastfeeding

3:31pm August 06, 2019

by Susan Brink

In war-torn Yemen, mothers who bring a sickly baby to the hospital are often reporting that they are unable to breastfeed.

Robyn Adcock (left), a University of California, San Francisco pain relief specialist, gently guides Jessica Greenfield to acupressure points on her son's foot and leg that have helped relieve his chronic pain.

Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times

12:41pm August 05, 2019

by Alison Kodjak

An interdisciplinary team in San Francisco uses acupressure, massage, counseling and other methods, as well as medicine, to help kids get relief from chronic pain. But such pediatric centers are rare.

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Montreal bagels sprinkled with sesame. New findings suggest allergies to sesame are comparably prevalent as those to some tree nuts. The findings come as the FDA weighs whether to require sesame to be listed as an allergen on food labels.

Sesame Allergies Are Likely More Widespread Than Previously Thought

1:34pm August 02, 2019

by Susie Neilson

New research suggests allergies to sesame are comparably prevalent as those to some tree nuts. The findings come as the FDA weighs whether to require sesame to be listed as an allergen on food labels.

A Guatemalan teen asylum-seeker (left), who isn't able to hear or speak, signs with his mom in Florida. He was brusquely separated from her and held in a shelter for nearly three months, unable to readily communicate, according to a civil rights complaint

Homeland Security's Civil Rights Unit Lacks Power To Protect Migrant Kids

9:00am August 02, 2019

A former official in the civil rights office says the unit seems afraid to offend U.S. Customs and Border Protection and ICE. Meanwhile, the complaints of abuses of families continue to pile up.

Urmi Basu, center in red dress, with some of the children who live at New Light, the shelter she established.

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A Ray Of Hope For The Children Of Sex Workers

12:43pm August 01, 2019

by Windsor Johnston

The New Light shelter in Kolkata offers a safe home. Founder Urmi Basu was inspired by a walk through the city's red-light district. This year, she was given India's highest civilian honor for women.