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children’s health

Here you will find STAT coverage of the latest research and news on children’s health, from advances in diagnosis and treatment to the latest policy and advocacy efforts to improve the health of children and families.

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Health Ryan Fitzgerald

STAT Plus: Social media risks for youth mental health highlighted in new surgeon general report

First Opinion Sherrie Page Guyer

The tragedy of the Golden Gate Bridge’s $400 million anti-suicide net

Health Helen Branswell

FDA advisory panel backs Pfizer’s RSV vaccine, but expresses some safety concerns

Health Helen Branswell

Pfizer RSV vaccine seen as effective against severe disease, FDA documents say

First Opinion John Elder Robison and Dena Gassner

There is no epidemic of autism. It’s an epidemic of need

First Opinion Diana Greene Foster

When women are denied an abortion, their children fare worse than peers

First Opinion Robert Truog

New guidelines on severe brain injury complicate already difficult decisions

First Opinion Paul A. Offit

Correcting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine ‘facts’

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First Opinion Lucy Foulkes

What if we’re talking about teens’ mental health too much?

Biotech Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: Skin patch for toddlers with peanut allergy shows promising results in late-stage trial

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Biotech Jason Mast and Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: FDA reviewers had string of concerns about Sarepta’s gene therapy for Duchenne, documents show

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: What to know about a pivotal FDA hearing on Sarepta’s gene therapy for Duchenne

Health Megan Molteni

Rare-disease doctors support expanded newborn genomic screening, survey finds

First Opinion Nishant Pandya

STAT Plus: The amoxicillin shortage continues to force pediatricians and families to scramble

Health Ambar Castillo

In a first, a potentially fatal rare blood vessel disorder is treated in the womb

Health Ambar Castillo

Rise in suicide-related ED visits among youth raises larger questions around mental health care

Health Care Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press

Babies born to opioid users have shorter hospital stays with parental involvement: study

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Biden officials propose slate of Medicaid transparency changes

First Opinion Dorit R. Reiss and Arthur L. Caplan

A judge’s infuriating ruling on vaccination puts Mississippi’s children at risk

The Obesity Revolution Theresa Gaffney

‘There’s a huge fatphobia problem in the eating disorder world’: Even in treatment, weight stigma fails patients

Health Ambar Castillo

Suspected suicide attempts surged among youth during pandemic, study shows

First Opinion Sallie Permar and Karen Acker

RSV vaccine approval should be a top priority for the FDA

First Opinion Rachel Fleishman

Rural hospitals are closing labor and delivery services. Babies’ lives are in jeopardy

Special Report Jason Mast and Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: A bellwether moment: Once a distant dream, gene therapy for Duchenne nears historic decision

Health Sam Mednick — Associated Press

Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana

Health Andrew Joseph

Large European study underlines power of genomic sequencing to diagnose diseases

Health Tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Wireless pacemakers may work for children with slow heart rhythms — but first, doctors need child-sized catheters

First Opinion Deborah Ondrasik

Why genetic testing should always be offered to children with neurodevelopmental differences

Biotech Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: A young boy’s nightmare diagnosis, and the $3 million one-time treatment that will likely save his life

First Opinion Megan Sandel and Charlotte Bruce

Rolling back SNAP benefits puts millions of children at risk of hunger and long-term health consequences

Health Isabella Cueto and Theresa Gaffney

Social media is part of a ‘self-perpetuating cycle of risk’ for eating disorders and negative body image, per study

The Obesity Revolution Isabella Cueto and Theresa Gaffney

‘That scares me’: New childhood obesity guidelines still face a long road to consensus

Biotech Jason Mast and Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: FDA to convene advisory panel for Sarepta’s gene therapy for Duchenne