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Seeking spending cuts, GOP lawmakers target a tax hospitals love to pay

On the eastern plains of Colorado, in a county of less than 6,000 people, Lincoln Health runs the only hospital within a 75-minute drive. The facility struggles financially, given its small size and the area's tiny population.

8 May 2025

Mental health diagnoses rise sharply among publicly insured children

In the first comprehensive investigation into the trends of mental health diagnoses among children with public health insurance, a new study reports the percentage of mental health and neurodevelopmental disorder diagnoses increased substantially in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 May 2025

Medicaid unwinding may have put opioid recovery care at risk

The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care of people receiving treatment for opioid addiction, a new University of Michigan study suggests.

3 May 2025

Medicaid enrollment drops linked to disrupted care for young people

Children and young adults with depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy can get great relief from medications to control their symptoms, helping them stay in school or work and prepare for their futures.

3 May 2025

Urgent action needed to protect children from extreme heat in schools and child care settings

As Canadians face increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, health, education and legal experts are sounding the alarm on a growing crisis: extreme heat in schools and child care settings due to the escalating effects of climate change.

24 Apr 2025

Medi-Cal under threat: Who’s covered and what could be cut?

Medi-Cal, California's complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities.

23 Apr 2025

Groundbreaking initiative launched to tackle environmental risks facing children

University of Oklahoma researchers recently launched the Children's Environmental Health Center in the U.S. Southern Great Plains, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to advancing research on children's health and environmental exposures, following a year of preparation.

21 Apr 2025

Vaping trends shift as UK ban drives switch from disposable to reusable devices

After the U.K.’s 2024 announcement to ban disposable vapes, new research reveals a sharp decline in disposable vape use and a rise in reusable alternatives.

21 Apr 2025

Anxiety and depression in children increased steadily from 2016 to 2022

The percentage of children under 18 years old with anxiety and depression increased steadily from 2016 to 2022, according to publicly available data from the National Survey of Children's Health that were analyzed by researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

21 Apr 2025

Parents share concerns over discussing puberty with kids

Most parents agree that talking to their kids about puberty is important-but when and how to start the conversation is often less clear, a new national poll suggests.

21 Apr 2025

New Cochrane review highlights gaps in newborn pain assessment tools

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration.

14 Apr 2025

IL-6 emerges as early sepsis indicator in high risk groups

A pioneering study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has uncovered the potential of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a powerful diagnostic biomarker for the early detection of sepsis in high-risk patient groups, including neonates, children and pregnant women.

11 Apr 2025

RFK Jr.’s purge of FOIA staff at FDA Spares people working on covid vaccine lawsuits

Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency's regulatory activities in sectors including tobacco, food, medical devices, and veterinary medicine.

10 Apr 2025

Mount Sinai launches AI center to revolutionize small molecule drug discovery

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched the AI Small Molecule Drug Discovery Center, a bold endeavor that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize drug development.

2 Apr 2025

With few dentists and fluoride under siege, rural America risks new surge of tooth decay

In the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000 people have for more than a decade openly defied state law by refusing to add fluoride to the drinking water.

27 Mar 2025

Study shows artificial intelligence can improve intravenous nutrition for premature babies

Artificial intelligence can improve intravenous nutrition for premature babies, a Stanford Medicine study has shown.

25 Mar 2025

Funding cuts endanger decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths

The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths declined modestly, still remaining around 1.9 million, according to two new reports released today by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

25 Mar 2025

Children's Health News and Research

Seeking spending cuts, GOP lawmakers target a tax hospitals love to pay

Mental health diagnoses rise sharply among publicly insured children

Medicaid unwinding may have put opioid recovery care at risk

Medicaid enrollment drops linked to disrupted care for young people

Urgent action needed to protect children from extreme heat in schools and child care settings

Medi-Cal under threat: Who’s covered and what could be cut?

Groundbreaking initiative launched to tackle environmental risks facing children

Vaping trends shift as UK ban drives switch from disposable to reusable devices

Anxiety and depression in children increased steadily from 2016 to 2022

Parents share concerns over discussing puberty with kids

New Cochrane review highlights gaps in newborn pain assessment tools

IL-6 emerges as early sepsis indicator in high risk groups

RFK Jr.’s purge of FOIA staff at FDA Spares people working on covid vaccine lawsuits

Mount Sinai launches AI center to revolutionize small molecule drug discovery

With few dentists and fluoride under siege, rural America risks new surge of tooth decay

Study shows artificial intelligence can improve intravenous nutrition for premature babies

Funding cuts endanger decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths

Expectant and new fathers express the need for more support during pregnancy and childbirth

Tribal health leaders say Medicaid cuts would decimate health programs

Checking the facts on Medicaid use by Latinos

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