Azithromycin is facing shortages of its liquid formulation, which is used to treat respiratory and other illnesses in children.
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The heat comes from everywhere when you’re active outside on hot days – the Sun’s rays, the air around you, the ground and even your own body.
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
Online advertising featuring bright colors, cartoon figures and promotions by social media influencers entice adolescents to try tobacco.
Expanding the places people can get a flu vaccine could help.
The RSV shot children in WA will get is a monoclonal antibody. Here’s what that means.
Children are uniquely vulnerable to bushfire smoke because of their physiology and their behaviour.
Batteries can power life-saving devices when implanted in the body, but they can also be deadly if inserted into cavities or ingested.
An increase in serious illnesses caused by group A Streptococcus has recently made Strep A a growing concern in Canada and elsewhere. Here’s why and how it’s spreading, and what symptoms to look for.
Children have an innate preference for fruit. But vegetables are just as important. Here are some tips if your kids don’t want to eat their veggies.
Our new study analysed the packages of around 8,000 food and drink products to understand the marketing techniques used.
We accept the daily toll of road deaths and injuries as the price we pay to be able to drive everywhere, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Despite their small size, infants and children actually require about the same amount of iron as adults, to help them grow. Many aren’t getting enough.
A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is one of the fastest-growing states. It includes popular Lake Coeur d’Alene.
About 10 million US children are chronically absent from school.
Catch-up vaccinations are free. These hints and tips will help you get started.
A new study found the introduction of the UK’s sugary drinks tax was associated with reduced rates of obesity for year 6 girls, though not boys.
Kids have structure during the school year which facilitates regular physical activity and healthy eating habits. But this ends during school holidays. How can we maintain these healthy habits?
Uber is eyeing a service to take children wherever their parents would otherwise have to drive them themselves. Some might see it as a lifesaver, but it’s problematic for many reasons.
As visits to emergency departments surge — and in some cases overwhelm hospitals — here are answers to frequently asked questions about Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Health & Physical Education (Adj.), Charles Sturt University
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Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention, Telethon Kids Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor (conjoint), Children's Cancer Institute
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Paediatrician and Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Paediatric dentist, Senior Lecturer and Clinician-Scientist Fellow, MCRI and University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health and Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, University of Sydney
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
