Children's health

What it is

Children's health covers everything from newborn screening and vaccination to childhood obesity, mental health and the effects of screens. It is in the news because measles is back in the United States at levels not seen since 1991, because vaccine advice is being politicised, and because paediatric emergency care and child mental health services are stretched in many countries. The evidence base for vaccines and early-years interventions is among the strongest in medicine; much of the parenting advice online is not.

Written by the Alivewire editors from the coverage below, 1d ago. Not medical advice; how the ratings work.