Mayo Clinic Minute

Whether in the classroom or on the playground, children need enough energy — and proper nutrition — to get them through the day. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo ...

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. It's a time of celebrating organ donation and educating people about transplantation by encouraging donor registration and promoting ...

Some children are back in the classroom, and others are getting ready. An important tool for keeping kids healthy is participation in youth sports, and ...

Heading back to school after a long summer break can be an exciting time for kids and caregivers. But for some students, the anxiousness of ...

Childhood immunization rates around the globe are beginning to recover from the dramatic drop in routine childhood vaccination during the COVID-19 era, according to a ...

As students head off to college, close quarters in new spaces could put them at risk for contagious illnesses, including bacterial meningitis. Dr. Tina Ardon, ...

As the back-to-school checklist grows, one detail that parents and caregivers should prioritize is ensuring all children have their appropriate vaccines.Mayo Clinic's Dr. Kim Barbel Johnson says ...

For many kids, summer is a time to stay up late, sleep in and hang out with friends. Waking up for that first day of a ...

For millions of people, back pain is a literal pain in the back. Thankfully, most back problems can be treated conservatively. But for people with ...

You may have heard about alpha-gal syndrome also known as the meat allergy illness or tick bite meat allergy. In a recent report, the Centers for Disease ...

For many people, the hot summer days are often spent swimming at the pool. But even though the water is usually clear with chlorine, it ...

World Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28, bringing the world together to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis is ...