Adults who have children and edible marijuana in their home must hear Maffei’s warnings. “We need to take responsibility as adults if we are going to bring this into homes with small children,” he ...

Short-term apnea is more common among hospitalized preterm infants who receive their 2-month vaccines compared with those who ...

The executive order calls for the State Health Officer to establish a process for objections to compulsory school vaccination for families objecting on religious or conscientious grounds.

Food safety advocates, who had urged the ban for decades, do not anticipate difficulties in the transition and hope this will lead to more bans on synthetic dyes. Also in public health news: baby ...

Formulas marketed for toddlers are a burgeoning business, but pediatricians have long recommended against their use.

A rise in cases of children ingesting edible cannabis concerns pediatric care professionals. Ingestion of tetrahyocannabinol (THC) can have serious effects, according to Dr. Frank Maffei, Geisinger ...

The Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health emphasized the importance of vaccines on Wednesday following Gov. Morrissey’s ...

A Kansas City doctor and the American Academy of Pediatrics have issued a report analyzing the unique injury risks in ...

Although both parents and pediatricians understand the need to treat kids with hypertension, few believe the diagnosis or ...

Pediatric ear, nose and throat (ENT) infections are highly prevalent and may require invasive surgical procedures to extract ...