Children’s Center

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages those eligible to receive the new bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine. "The bivalent booster vaccine is a new vaccine that provides ...

Childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades, and about 10,470 children in the U.S. under the age of 15 will be ...

Children learn about racial differences and racial bias from an early age, and parents and caregivers are their first teachers. It's important for parents and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently asked health departments and clinicians to watch for symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis in kids, especially through November. That's when enteroviruses are ...

The future of COVID-19 may be uncertain, but one thing parents know: When children go back to school, respiratory viruses and other infections tend to ...

In conjunction with the first day of fall in mid-September, Falls Prevention Awareness Week is a national health campaign observed to raise awareness about injuries ...

While childhood cancer is rare, 1 in every 266 children and adolescents will be diagnosed with cancer by age 20, according to the American Cancer Society. ...

Treatment for brain tumors in children can differ from treatment for brain tumors in adults, so it is important to seek care from specialists in ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have 4-year-old twins and a college-bound teenager, so I am accustomed to dealing with the various ailments that affect children. After COVID-19, ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have two children, ages 5 and 14. My younger child will attend school for the first time this fall. We have been ...

Getting ready for a new school year can be exciting for children, parents and caregivers. But it also can be stressful and scary. Whether kids ...

Making sure kids are prepared to head back to school means more than just getting them the school supplies they need. Caregivers also will want ...