Routine prenatal ultrasound could identify early signs of autism
According to a study in 2021, the autism rate among 8-year-old children in the United States is one in 44.
The rate was the highest...
Children with COVID-19-related inflammatory syndrome can fully recover heart function
In a new study from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers found children who develop COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome, also called MIS-C, begin recovering...
Children can suffer severe illness after COVID-19
It was a few weeks before Christmas in 2020 when Alyssa Bendersky started worrying about her 6-year-old daughter, Paige.
She had complained off and on...
Scientists capture the earliest humor in children
Young children’s ability to laugh and make jokes has been mapped by age for the first time using data from a new study involving...
Half of young children in U.S. harmed by lead contamination
In a new study from Quest Diagnostics Inc and elsewhere, researchers found about 50% of young children who were tested for lead had strong...
Covid-19 pandemic results in 40,000 children losing a parent
In a new study from Stony Brook University, researchers found that around 40,000 children (est. between 37,000 and 43,000) had lost a parent due...
Scientists find a cause of impaired social functions in autism
In a new study, researchers have discovered a new connection between a genetic alteration and social difficulties related to autism: A mutation in the...
Healthy eating habits in childhood may lower risk of adult obesity and heart disease
In a new statement, researchers say that how children are fed may be just as important as what they are fed.
The statement is the...
COVID-19 may strike more children than expected
In a new study, researchers found that the number of children infected with the coronavirus may be far more extensive than what is currently...
COVID-19 testing: What parents need to know
Who should be tested for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19? And what do the different types of tests actually measure?
Attending Physician Jeffrey Bender, MD, a pediatric infectious...