The Trump administration threatened to cut Medicare and Medicaid payments for all patients, for all types of care, which would be financially crippling to hospitals.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai an $8.5 million renewal grant to continue groundbreaking work aimed at understanding and improving long-term outcomes for children with congenital heart disease-the most common type of birth defect in the United States.

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to improve children’s health. But his sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule will do the opposite, health experts warn.

The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.

In response to regulatory actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Denver Health and Children's Hospital Colorado say they have suspended all medical gender-affirming care for patients under 18.

Many families take for granted the ritual of taking a newborn baby home, car seat and curated swaddle blankets in tow, just a few days after delivery. But as critical care pediatricians, we care for babies and children who often don’t fit neatly into ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block nearly $12 million in cuts to the group

The $114 million facility is designed to offer a welcoming space where children can relax without the clinical feel of a hospital bed or emergency room. The center, located near 89th and Dodge, is devoted solely to mental health care for children ages 3 to 19.

Many of the 81% of students not screened for vision problems were likely unable to focus on the classroom whiteboard in the past year, Hardy said. Nearly 900,000 California public school students missed school due to dental problems, costing school districts about $60 million.

Children's Hospital said the decision came after HHS announced referral of an investigation against the hospital that would threaten Medicare and Medicaid funding.