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What to know about kids and caffeine pouches

  • May 25

'Get off your phones': HHS advisory calls on kids to cut screen time

  • May 22

Pediatricians group finds kids need recess for physical, mental health

  • May 11

Experts weigh stakes of youth gambling in America

  • Mar 28

Parents speak about child's button battery injury

  • Mar 26

Judge blocks efforts to reshape vaccine policy

  • Mar 16

Psychological impact of Minneapolis shootings

  • Jan 28

Doctors are ignoring new federal vaccine recommendations

  • Jan 27

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Experts weigh stakes of youth gambling in America

  • Mar 27
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Houston Children's Charity presents 66 families with wheelchair-accessible vans

  • May 16, 2025
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Medical experts warn against Vitamin A as a substitute for MMR vaccination

  • Apr 2, 2025
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Unvaccinated infant is Houston's 3rd measles case, officials say

  • Mar 17, 2025
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'Walking pneumonia' cases rising among children, CDC says

  • Oct 24, 2024
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Whooping Cough cases on the rise in Galveston Co. and nationally

  • Oct 15, 2024
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  • Oct 4, 2024

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More parents are refusing vitamin K shots for newborns. Why that could be dangerous

Doctors say more parents are refusing vitamin K shots for their newborns, potentially putting babies at risk of severe bleeding.

  • Jan 23
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US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child

Medical experts slammed the move, saying it could lead to reduced uptake of important vaccinations and increase disease.

  • Jan 5
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Mom shares warning about batteries in Christmas gifts after daughter's injury

A Colorado mom is sharing a warning for other parents as her 4-year-old daughter recovers in the hospital after swallowing a small button battery.

  • Dec 24, 2025
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Trump administration moves to cut off gender-affirming care for transgender youth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans.

  • Dec 19, 2025
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CDC vaccine advisory panel votes to remove universal recommendation for hepatitis B shot at birth

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.

  • Dec 5, 2025