children's health

Texas GOP lawmakers failed to restrict transition-related health care options for transgender Texas kids earlier this year. But Gov. Greg Abbott plans to enact limits through executive action.

A top doctor at Texas Children’s Hospital says the COVID-19 positivity rate is going up in children and hospitalizations may be creeping up as well.

Many GOP lawmakers at a recent House Committee hearing openly stated they were unfamiliar with the nuances of trans health care.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with pediatricians Nia Heard-Garris of Northwestern University and Jose Romero, Arkansas secretary of health, about what's safe and not safe to do with unvaccinated children.

The pandemic has been stressful for millions of children. If that stress isn't buffered by caring adults, it can have lifelong consequences. There's a lot schools can do to keep that from happening.

A professor at SMU outlines some strategies for having difficult conversations with children.

Months of remote learning were hard on the Frisco ISD student. Like other schoolchildren across the state, he experienced mental health issues, in large part due to social isolation during the pandemic.

The changes to the budget proposal come after lawmakers and advocates protested the previous plan would hurt vulnerable Texans.

Parents usually keep watch on their child’s physical health. But they may not pay as much attention to mental health unless a specific problem has been…

The 3-year-old girl traveled for weeks cradled in her father's arms, as he set out to seek asylum in the United States. Now she won't even look at…

It’s been 50 years since Dr. Kenneth Cooper wrote “Aerobics,” the best-seller that helped launch the country's fitness movement.His son, Dr. Tyler Cooper,…

In 1999, when TVs and desktops dominated, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued its famous recommendation that children use no electronic screens…