Over 2,460 children and families have received care at the three crisis centers, according to the latest state report.

Lesotho reached a milestone late last year — UNAIDS’s 95-95-95 goal, with 95% of people living with HIV aware of their status ...

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The 2024-2025 influenza season saw a historic rise in pediatric influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE) cases, with 109 reported, including 37 acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) cases. The CDC ...

The Sanford Health Foundation’s annual Children’s Gala raised nearly $1.5 million on Oct. 4 for what will be the state’s first dedicated pediatric emergency department, the foundation announced ...

New Mexico lawmakers debated changes to the state's vaccine policy during a special legislative session that began Oct. 1. The bill they passed remains pending the governor's signature. (Getty Images) ...

Dr. Scott Hamilton did not think he was going to end up in Louisiana. However, when he met his wife in Portland, Maine, and spending seven years together up north, the Lafayette native had to get ...

Officials say the highest number of children have died from the flu in 15 years. The CDC says 280 children died from the flu last year. That is the most since the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 and 2010. The ...

Cases of a rare, flu-related complication that causes brain inflammation among children are on the rise, a new CDC report suggests. During the 2024-25 flu season, 109 children were diagnosed with ...

A CDC advisory committee has recommended that children wait until age 4 to receive the combined MMRV shot, while still getting separate vaccines for chickenpox and MMR at age 1. Supporters say it ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, in which five of its 12 members were just added earlier this week, voted to change an existing recommendation that allows administering the ...