Children's Health

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 infection among recent attendees of a Boy Scout reservation located in Goshen, Virginia. In an effort to determine the source of the outbreak, health officials are interviewing[...]

Debra Zeit, Oromia, Ethiopia --- These young women save lives for a living. They are not nurses. They don't even have a high school education. Yet, they are professional lifesavers. How? These young women are community liaisons between the Godina Health[...]

More exciting news this week! Yesterday Alicia Keys played a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia. Up until earlier this week Philip Morris International's "A Mild" brand had been sponsoring and heavily advertising the tour and the Jakarta show. The Campaign[...]

House and Senate lawmakers agreed to ban the use of a group of harmful phthalate chemicals in toys and other children's products this week. The move is a big victory for parents and health experts who have been fighting for the government to set some[...]

"Last Sunday was amazing." I've heard that statement so many times this week. The Health Fair idea came through Dr Adam Ibrahim who has recently joined the Wimbledon International Seventh-day Adventist Church. By Sunday, 20 July at least a third of the[...]

P KITAGAKI | SACRAMENTO BEE/MCT DR. MEGAN MAYNEUR examines Desmond Davis, 9, at the Native American Health Center dental department in Sacramento, Calif. Low-income children are especially at risk of serious dental disease because parents so often have[...]

Scientists at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent correlation between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, as per a new review of studies from 13 countries reported in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and[...]

Can’t think why this isn’t all over the traditional media here in the US. The Guardian’s got it, and the Beeb, but a Google search didn’t find a mention in any large American outlet. Perhaps it’ll make the evening news… Or perhaps our esteemed[...]

I usually feed my children oatmeal and hot chocolate for breakfast, but on occasion, organic cold cereal is a quick solution on a rushed morning. We have tried Envirokidz organic cereal, and my favorite flavor is the gluten-free Gorilla Munch. Nature’s[...]