Children's Health

Thirty-three-year-old mother Kim Nelson started a vaccine advocacy group in Greenville, S.C., to help reach vaccine-hesitant families. Here, she prepares vaccine information flyers for public school students.

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A Parent-To-Parent Campaign To Get Vaccine Rates Up

6:57pm February 20, 2019

by Alex Olgin

A mother in Greenville, S.C., was startled by how many parents were opting not to immunize their kids, so she started her own group to counter misinformation about childhood vaccinations.

Their research is still in early stages, but Kristin Myers (left), a mechanical engineer, and Dr. Joy Vink, an OB-GYN, both at Columbia University, have already learned that cervical tissue is a more complicated mix of material than doctors ever realized.

Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer

7:30am February 18, 2019

by Alison Kodjak

Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.

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To Move Forward, Parkland Shooting Survivor Leaves Marjory Stoneman Douglas

6:21pm February 16, 2019

by Jessica Bakeman

It's been a year of struggle for Parkland school survivor Annabel Claprood. One year after the mass shooting, she's no longer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Hesitancy about vaccination in a community has a lot to do with acculturation to its norms.

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Medical Anthropologist Explores 'Vaccine Hesitancy'

8:21pm February 13, 2019

by Mara Gordon

Families learn to be skeptical about vaccines in communities where incomplete vaccination is the norm. A researcher into the phenomenon found that people are ready to listen, if they're heard, too.

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John Van Dreal, director of safety and risk management for the Salem-Keizer Public Schools system in Salem, Ore., has intervened with more than 1,000 students in hopes of deterring violence. Of that group, he says, only one has gone on to be involved in a

When Teens Threaten Violence, A Community Responds With Compassion

8:00pm February 13, 2019

After years of being beaten up, this teen decided to take justice into his own hands. A school district in Oregon showed him a better way to solve his problems.

A close up of a woman stretching her legs before going on a run through the city.

The 'Strange Science' Behind The Big Business Of Exercise Recovery

8:46am February 12, 2019

by Terry Gross

Does exercise recovery work? Science writer Christie Aschwanden examines the physiology and effectiveness of sports drinks, protein powders and other products and services in her new book, Good to Go.

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If you fear your child may have taken or received too much medicine, call the national poison control hotline at 1-800-222-1222.

Giving Medicine To Young Children? Getting The Dose Right Is Tricky

11:28am February 11, 2019

by Patti Neighmond

In a recent survey, 1 in 5 parents thought that using a household spoon was OK for measuring their child's medicine. It's not. Here's how to help little kids without overdosing them.

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Shawn Brannan, administrator of Sea Mar Community Health Center in Vancouver, Wash., says, "Larger populations that typically don't vaccinate their children for their own reasons are now in a mad dash, if you will, to get vaccinated."

In A Measles Outbreak, Demand For Vaccine Spikes

10:24am February 11, 2019

by Kristian Foden-Vencil

Clinics in the Pacific Northwest are ordering 10 times the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella as they normally do because some who have avoided vaccines are changing their minds.

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There are a mix of factors that lead some kids to become school shooters, fueled in part by desperation, trauma and anger.

School Shooters: What's Their Path To Violence?

11:59am February 10, 2019

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Psychologists and the FBI say they are getting a better understanding of the mix of factors that lead some kids to open fire on a classroom. The shooting can be an act of desperation fueled by anger.

Measles is a highly contagious illness that can cause serious health problems, including brain damage, deafness and, in rare cases, death. Vaccination can prevent measles infections.

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Defying Parents, A Teen Decides To Get Vaccinated

3:15pm February 09, 2019

by Amanda Morris

Ethan Lindenberger had never received vaccines for diseases like polio or measles because his mom is anti-vaccine. Now he's 18, he's finally getting his shots.

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