Hospital financial decisions played role in the critical shortage of pediatric beds for RSV patients
Over the last decade hospitals have shuttered children’s wards and expanded the number of beds available for more profitable endeavors.
Over the last decade hospitals have shuttered children’s wards and expanded the number of beds available for more profitable endeavors.
With no regulation, the risk of false positives and other faulty results from prenatal screenings has been known for years.
Many commercial insurers now cover children's hospice care, going beyond a provision in the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
Privacy-related concerns have grown about the sometimes decades-long storage and use of genetic material from newborn screenings.
This is the first of a four-part series on the problems facing children’s mental health care providers in Oregon.
Rural America carried President Donald Trump to his election night upset last November.
Throughout the campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump’s entire health message consisted of promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Childhood diabetes rates are on the rise, and a report released Monday pointed to the impact that the cost of their care could have on families — even those who have employer-sponsored health insurance.
Bolstered by the federal health care law, the number of lower income kids getting health coverage continues to improve, a recent study found.
While the incidence of autism spectrum disorder has increased in recent years, what’s behind it remains relatively mysterious and even controversial. But a major study could shed new light on some of the maternal health factors that may increase children’s risk of developing the condition.