Marshall Health Network-Rivers Health Emergency Department has earned the Always Ready for Kids certification. This statewide designation recognizes hospitals that demonstrate excellence in pediatric emergency care.

The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block nearly $12 million in cuts to the group.

The federal government has frozen about $1 billion in funds meant for social services and child care in Illinois, according to Gov. JB Pritzker.

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to improve children’s health. But his sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule will do the opposite, health experts warn.

A woman makes a sign for the Children's Bureau in Washington DC in November 1923. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is tearing through the federal government agency by agency, slashing programs, firing civil servants, and cutting research dollars.

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"Aren't they a little young for that?" This is a question I used to hear regularly from parents when I'd recommend strength training for the kids I worked with, whose ages ranged from 6 to 18 years old, in youth sports. During my four years as a strength ...

More than 43,000 children were disenrolled from the Florida KidCare program for nonpayment of premiums — more than double the number the state previously provided to the Florida Phoenix, a state report shows. A report obtained by the Florida Phoenix ...

Texas Children's Hospital is bolstering behavioral health programs for children and teens to combat a pediatric mental health crisis that has persisted in Houston and across the United States. The hospital is preparing to open an Intensive Outpatient ...