Latest about children
China's respiratory outbreak is 'expected' and not caused by new virus
Evidence suggests the outbreak is being caused by several known pathogens, the World Health Organization said.
Kids' use of melatonin 'exceedingly common,' Colorado study finds
Researchers have raised concerns about the high number of kids and preteens consistently taking melatonin, because the long-term safety of the sleep aid has not been well-studied.
Antibiotics growing gravely ineffective for childhood infections
A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific.
Eating just 2 cannabis gummies can put small kids at risk of toxic effects
A study of a Colorado hospital network pinpoints the threshold of THC exposure that poses a danger to young children.
RSV: Symptoms, treatments, antibodies and vaccines
In healthy children and adults, RSV typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but it can cause more serious disease in infants, young kids and older people.
Rare gold coins and cremated infants were possible sacrificial gifts to the ancient gods of Carthage
Five gold coins unearthed from a temple in ancient Carthage depict the goddess Tanit and were likely left by wealthy worshippers alongside burials as an offering to deities.
Australia's 'worst female serial killer' freed after her children's deadly gene mutations come to light
New research has revealed that the children of Kathleen Folbigg each had genetic mutations that could explain their deaths.
Doctors identify never-before-seen genetic mutations that led to 2 children's insatiable hunger
Two children developed insatiable hunger and severe obesity due to rare genetic mutations, their doctors reported.
300,000-year-old footprints reveal extinct humans went on a lakeside family outing among giant elephants and rhinos
Footprints belonging to Homo heidelbergensis adults and children suggest that these human relatives foraged and played on the shores of a lake where prehistoric beasts gathered to drink.
