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Fatty liver was a disease of the old. Then kids started getting sick.
The condition is now estimated to be as common as asthma in children. Our diet and lifestyle are the suspected culprits.
Their child’s obesity drug was working. Then their plan refused to pay.
Youth obesity is an epidemic, but few insurers will cover drugs costing more than $1,300 a month for adolescents.
‘Our state is at war with our family’: Clergy with trans kids fight back
They say their children’s lives and religious liberty are threatened by bills proposed in Missouri and elsewhere.
HIV at center of latest culture war after Tennessee rejects federal funds
The red-state pushback mirrors tensions over federal priorities on covid, abortion and other health issues
What you need to know about the new childhood obesity guidelines
Aggressive treatment, including medication for kids as young as 12, and surgery for those as young as 13, is now recommended.
Aggressive treatment guidelines for childhood obesity getting backlash
But experts say that the old approach of “watchful waiting” often failed and that many children developed lifelong health issues.
First came a viral storm. Now, we have puzzling superinfections.
Rare bacterial infections, such as invasive strep A, are popping up around the United States and Europe, with unusual effects for children.
Why a ‘tripledemic’ is keeping many of us sick for weeks at a time
It’s like ‘a big bomb of viruses went off,’ says pediatrician treating kids with flu, RSV, strep and covid
Covid becomes plague of elderly, reviving debate over ‘acceptable loss’
Nearly 9 out of 10 deaths are now in people 65 or older, the highest rate since the pandemic began.
Repeat coronavirus infections can still be dangerous, study suggests
The research found that patients with reinfections tended to have more complications in organ systems and a greater chance of being diagnosed with long covid.
