A placard outside the Pennsylvania Health & Human Services building in Harrisburg. The Shapiro administration and the legislature have been slow to act on recommendations from a state-commissioned ...

Recognising when a child needs an eye exam is important. Sometimes the signs are obvious, but often they can be subtle.

A longtime California pediatrician has surrendered his medical license after facing more than two decades of accusations that he sexually abused his patients, foster youth and boys in his home. The ...

North Carolina parents would have more access to their children's medical records and details about conversations between their children and health care providers under a bill filed by Republican ...

Dayton Children’s Hospital is teaming up with software company Abridge to bring advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its exam rooms, which the hospital says will help doctors and ...

A recent study links exposure to radiation from medical imaging to a small-but-significant risk of blood cancers among children and adolescents. But do not panic. The study concludes the benefits of ...

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