Ritu Malhotra's heart breaks every time her 12-year-old son Aarav (name changed) trudges back home after football practice instead of hanging out with his friends are ordering burgers. Aarav was ...

Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital identified 18 diagnoses for children with rare diseases using OpenAI’s o3 model.

Online chatbots have been known to dole out pretty questionable health advice — which, at its worst, has sent people to the ...

Variants in the DHDDS gene cause a severe neurodegenerative condition, characterized by tremors, seizures, coordination and learning difficulties, usually manifesting in early childhood. This ...

This highly anticipated report calls for increased scrutiny of childhood vaccines and *** review of pesticides sprayed on crops. The latter is something that farmers were concerned about. The ...

A masked child gets the COVID-19 vaccine in a hospital. A health-care worker administers a vaccine to a masked child in a hospital in 2021. In August 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration issued ...

Lozano is a rare disease mom, neuroscience Ph.D. candidate at UC Davis, and board member for the PURA Syndrome Foundation. In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single ...

The federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term ...

Chelsea covers the Department of Health and Human Services with a particular focus on power and influence at the top. Confidential tips can be sent via Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. Helen Branswell ...

Measles have surged to a record high, with more cases reported this year than any year since the disease was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. This disappointing record comes amid ...

People can develop celiac disease at any age. Symptoms in children may vary depending on how old they are. Symptoms are most likely to begin once an infant starts to eat gluten. Celiac disease can ...