Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands have identified mutations in a gene called CNOT1 that…
Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they report. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders, or…
How mice that model immune disease’s cytokine storms may point to solution for global pandemic. A transgenic mouse developed at Cincinnati Children’s to model the…
TRAF7 syndrome: The first 45 patients An international multicenter study describes a rare disease characterized by a series of recognizable facial features, cardiac defects and…
Findings suggests abnormal blood flow between mothers, babies in utero. The placentas from 16 women who tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant showed evidence of…
Gastrointestinal symptoms, coupled with a fever or history of exposure to COVID-19, could indicate coronavirus infection in children. Children suffering from sickness and diarrhea, coupled…
The number of children infected with the coronavirus is far more extensive than what is currently reported — a hidden detail that could vastly underestimate…
Researchers have identified a total of four cases of newborn babies with COVID-19 infection in China. In all cases, the babies experienced only mild symptoms…
Infections are still responsible for one in five childhood deaths in England and Wales, with respiratory infections topping the league table of known causes, reveals…
Prolactin-controlling neurons in mice undergo reversible changes in how neurons communicate. Lactation temporarily changes how a mother’s neurons behave, according to new research in mice…
Four babies born in a hospital in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, did not show signs of infection and remain healthy today….
Though COVID-19 so far appears to be largely sparing children, researchers are cautioning that it is critical to understand how the virus affects kids to…
Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study by West Virginia…
Canadian scientists take one step closer to a better understanding of Batten disease. Professor Stéphane Lefrançois, a researcher at the Institut National de la Recherche…
Sitting Still Linked to Increased Risk of Depression in Adolescents Too much time sitting still — sedentary behavior — is linked to an increased risk…
Organoids (In Vitro Brains) to Study Pediatric Brain Tumors A large-scale production of in vitro tumors could make it possible to perform large drug screenings…
A new study suggests that significant early childhood exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is associated with structural changes in the brain at the age…
Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome…