Dear Kid Whisperer, I just finished a year of teaching the most ungrateful group of students I’ve ever taught. I feel like I spent half of the year telling these second-graders to say “please” and “thank you” and to be appreciative and it did not have any effect. Other teachers have seen thi…
Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday.
Distractions often lead to forgetting about a child in the backseat, so experts say it's important to create routines and reminders.
Some Americans know the reality of vaccine-preventable diseases all too well. For them, news of measles outbreaks and rising whooping cough cases brings back terrible memories of lives forever changed – and a longing to spare others from similar pain.
Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday.
A record heat wave that spread across the East Coast of the United States during the first week of summer has child advocates warning parents and caretakers about the risks of heatstroke to children left inside hot vehicles.
The Health and Human Services Department under Kennedy took unprecedented steps to change how vaccines are evaluated, approved and recommended.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the United States is withdrawing its support from the global vaccine alliance Gavi.
The Gates Foundation is Gavi’s largest private donor, having contributed $7.7 billion over the past 25 years. (Scripps News)
The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but with a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.
Misinformation is widespread online, especially on social media. In some areas, like vaccines, about two-thirds of the top YouTube videos on the topic contain false or misleading claims. This isn’t just harmless confusion, increased misinformation has been linked to drops in vaccination rat…
Dear Kid Whisperer, Is it ever OK to yell at your kid? I know you shouldn't do it constantly, but I do feel like it sometimes works to scare my kid into listening to me. My wife tells me I'm mean every time I yell. Am I wrong? Answer: Why do I have the feeling that if I write that you are correct, you will share my answer with your wife immediately, and if I say that you are wrong, she’ll ...
A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation through podcasts, nonprofits and summits that specifically address their experience.
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