Hundreds of Thousands Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired
Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part …
Tag: Children and Childhood
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines
Mr. Kennedy’s messages often have a grain of truth. The Children’s Health Defense website, for …
More Girls Are Being Diagnosed With Autism
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu was shocked when day care providers flagged some concerning behaviors in her …
Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise
For more than two years, shuttered schools and offices, social distancing and masks granted Americans …
Katharine Briggs and Isabel Myers, Creators of a Personality Test
But the Myers-Briggs test had an intrinsic thematic quality that the others lacked. Most existing …
She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue
“What just happened?” The 16-year-old girl’s voice was flat and tired. “I think you had …
FDA Authorizes Updated Covid Booster Shots For Kids 5 to 11
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators broadened access to updated coronavirus booster shots on Wednesday to include …
As Hospitals Close Children’s Units, Where Does That Leave Lachlan?
It was Lachlan Rutledge’s sixth birthday, but as he mustered a laborious breath and blew …
Can New Vaccines Finally Eradicate Malaria
All through childhood, Miriam Abdullah was shuttled in and out of hospitals, her thin body …
Its Life or Death: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
How the reporter Matt Richtel spoke to adolescents and parents for this series. In mid-April, I …
Liviahs New Liver: A Family Grapples With a Girls Puzzling Hepatitis
It was three days before Christmas, and Elizabeth Widders was perched in her upstairs bathroom, …
How Some Parents Changed Their Politics in the Pandemic
They waved signs that read “Defeat the mandates” and “No vaccines.” They chanted “Protect our …
Zika Families and Researchers Struggle for Support
A procession of mothers pushed children in bulky wheelchairs down a long corridor at a …
The C.D.C. recommends Modernas vaccine as an option for children and teens aged 6 through 17
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine be used …
Vaccines for Young Children Are Coming, but Many Parents Have Tough Questions
The vaccines seem safe for children and are likely to protect against severe illness. But data on efficacy are thin, and most children have already been infected.