children's health

Midwestern states had some of the nation's highest percentages of kids with detectable blood-lead levels. And the authors of a new nationwide study say there is no amount of lead that is safe for children.

More children are being treated in Texas hospitals for COVID-19 than ever before, and an unseasonable outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus is adding to the stress on children’s hospitals.

“There's every reason in the world to get every child who is eligible to be vaccinated, vaccinated.”

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.

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This weekend, Amarillo residents gathered to rally against child abuse and neglect. As The Amarillo Globe-News reports, last year Child Protective…

Eight measles cases have now been identified in Johnson County, with another two in Linn and Miami counties, according to the Kansas Department of...

Oklahoma has had the largest increase in foster homes in the nation over the past five years, according to a new study. As KFOR reports, the study—the…

Black babies in Oklahoma are twice as likely to die before their first birthday than white or Hispanic infants, according to a new report from the Centers…

The State of Texas has come through at the 11th hour with funding for one more month of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.Lawmakers came through…