children’s health

Health Megan Molteni

Study highlights influence of socioeconomic status on children’s brain development

First Opinion Sunaya Krishnapura

Even in abortion-protecting states, teens face unnecessary barriers to care

First Opinion Nisha Narayanan

How living and practicing medicine abroad complicated my beliefs about universal health care systems

Health Ashleigh N. DeLuca

Male puberty is understudied — but when it starts may predict long-term health risks

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

What should hospitals do when patients demand unvaccinated donor blood?

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

The patients demanding unvaccinated blood transfusions

Health Chelsea Cirruzzo and Daniel Payne

Surgeon general’s office issues warning on screen time for children

First Opinion Henry L. Dorkin and Katharine Silbaugh

Britain embraces a Massachusetts experiment on tobacco regulation — just as the state might roll it back

First Opinion Adam W. Gaffney

‘Patient autonomy’ has nothing to do with childhood vaccine policies

First Opinion Jesse L. Goodman

How to restore credibility to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee

Health Sarah Todd

No FDA permission, no problem: New flavored vape policy worries experts

Opinions+ Kolaleh Eskandanian

STAT Plus: Medicare’s new RAPID pathway is a breakthrough for adults. Children are still waiting

Health Sarah Todd and Lizzy Lawrence

Why the FDA is authorizing fruit-flavored vapes

Health Sarah Todd

‘Forever chemicals’ in baby formula? Scientists unpack FDA results

Health Sarah Todd

Infant formula largely safe from heavy metals, FDA finds

First Opinion Penelope Gatlin

Measles outbreak means my immunocompromised son can’t leave the house without extreme safety measures

First Opinion David Higgins

Don’t believe headlines saying that vaccine skepticism is widespread

Exclusive Sarah Todd

GAO report shows gap between scale of illegal vapes and enforcement 

First Opinion Heather Gatcombe

‘Medical nutrition’ helps keep my son, and many others, healthy. But insurance won’t cover it

First Opinion Liz Koch

When my child is in psychosis, the pediatric health care system can’t help us

First Opinion Mehmet Oz and Abe Sutton

We’re launching a new CMS pilot program to help children with complex conditions

First Opinion Lawrence Diller

The financial reason why parents beg me to diagnose their kids with autism

Politics Daniel Payne

STAT Plus: How pediatricians found themselves at war with RFK Jr.

First Opinion Ariana Hendrix

The new childhood vaccine guidelines have a paid leave problem

Politics Theresa Gaffney

Did the AMA change its position on surgery for transgender minors?

First Opinion Michael Thwing

I treated children for rotavirus in Denmark. The Danish vaccine schedule is no model for the U.S.

Health Daniel Payne

Fearing ICE crackdown, immigrants nationally are avoiding treatment, sometimes with dire consequences

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on shared decision-making, prostate cancer screening, and more

First Opinion Ian D. Wolfe, Rafael Escandon, Meredithe McNamara, Sabrina Derrington, Emily Berkman, Amy Caruso Brown, and Alyssa Burgart

7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical