Spring is finally giving way to summer, and with the lengthening days and warming temperatures come an increase in playground injuries among kids. Falls off the monkey bars that result in a bad bone ...

Robust healthcare systems play a pivotal role in driving economic growth. Yet, within this spectrum, pediatric surgery remains critically underfunded. With millions of children having no access to ...

Professional societies agreed that U.S. centers performing pediatric and congenital heart surgery should be formally reorganized into two tiers with volume requirements designed to maintain surgical ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Northwell Staten Island University Hospital has appointed a new director of pediatric surgery, who will oversee the expansion of pediatric surgical services, the Ocean Breeze ...

Researchers examined elective surgeries and found children of color are between 40% and 60% less likely to have procedures. Delaying an elective surgery can lead to more health problems and worsened ...

Written by Keynote Contributor, Dr. Joseph G. Barone. The orderly is shocked because a child is undergoing surgery, but no surgeon is at the bedside. Unseen in a quiet corner of the operating room ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has awarded the 2026 New Emerging eXperts in Translational Science (NEXT) Award to Kelsey H. Collins, PhD, for her research on the role that fat ...

Obesity is a multifactorial disease of epidemic and global proportions that poses the most significant threat to the health of our younger generations. Those who are the most extremely affected bear ...

The newborn was struggling to breathe. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in July with Pierre Robin Sequence, a rare craniofacial condition that consists of upper airway obstruction, the 3-day-old baby girl ...

Dr. Lara Shekerdemian has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine after serving as interim chair since April. Shekerdemian is a professor of pediatrics in the ...