pediatrician

What are some of the best ways to protect children from the Coronavirus? Jessica Vilchis gets some expert advice from pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp.

With trick or treating over, all that candy is in your house. So now what? You can hide it from the kids, or maybe eat it yourself, but there are concerns about the amount of candy kids are consuming. “I am a really big candy fan,” says Heather Flannery. “We eat a lot of candy at our house.” The National...

Joining Kelly Clarkson Monday as the first guest on her brand new talk show, Dwayne Johnson gave a health update on injured Kevin Hart and said the actor is recovering nicely from his recent auto accident.

A series of drawings by children recently released from U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody are fueling new outrage about the conditions in migrant detention facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Dr. Dennis Woo MD, pediatrician at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica and Michelson Found Animals offer up some advice for parents bringing home a baby into a household that already has a dog as part of the family.

Doctors are now saying that if you were born between 1957 and 1989 the vaccination you got may not guarantee you’re protected against the measles.

Sniffling, sore-throated kids seen via telemedicine visits were far more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those who went to a doctor’s office or clinic, according to a new study. Many of those prescriptions disregarded medical guidelines, raising the risk they could cause side effects or contribute to the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs. “I understand the desire for care that’s...

You may have seen a chiropractor before for back and spine-related issues. Some chiropractors also specialize in adjustments for newborn babies.

A lice treatment organization says there is an increase in treatments in the San Francisco Bay Area but there’s no reason to panic. Lice Clinics of America reported Tuesday that its Bay Area clinics have seen about 20 percent more bookings and treatments in January 2019 compared to January 2018.

A San Diego-based organization with a lifesaving mission is celebrating a major milestone. EP Save A Life has now screened more than 30,000 young adults for potentially life-threatening heart conditions. The organization was founded a decade ago by a mother whose 15-year-old son died unexpectedly from sudden cardiac arrest. Her resolve to channel her despair into an opportunity to help...

A Collin County mom is suing her child’s former day care teacher and provider, accusing the teacher of biting her 3-year-old as a form of discipline.

A former Pennsylvania pediatrician was sentenced to at least 79 years in prison on Monday for the sexual assault of 31 children, most of them patients, in a case that state medical regulators failed to act on nearly two decades ago.

Testifying in the trial of a man suspected of beating his girlfriend’s toddler in 2011, a forensic child abuse expert said today the 21-month-old girl’s “constellation” of injuries were inconsistent with an accident.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday appointed Mark Ghaly, a practicing pediatrician and director of health and social impact at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, to head the California Health and Human Services Agency.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced the appointment of a pediatrician as California’s first-ever surgeon general.

Child abuse increases the day after school report cards are released — but only when kids get their grades on a Friday, a study in Florida suggests. The curious finding startled researchers, who had figured abuse might go up regardless of the specific day kids got their grades. But their study of reports to a child abuse hotline that included...

After a Tennessee teenager’s case of contracting hookworms during a South Florida trip went viral, health officials in Broward County are raising awareness following more reports of infections. Here are the signs and symptoms of animal-associated hookworm infections.

A Tennessee woman says her son became infected with hookworms after a visit to a South Florida Beach.

Sesame Street is taking its beloved, critically acclaimed brand of educational television into the highly profitable world of classroom curriculum — a move that experts say could open the door for other companies to move into the sensitive learning space with possible influence on children.

A Pinon Hills man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the two-month-old twin girls who were hospitalized after a pediatrician discovered injuries consistent with child abuse.