Brood X Has Arrived: How to Help Children With the Cicadas

In the first episode of the Cincinnati Children's Young & Healthy podcast, Dr. Josh Schaffzin, Dr. Monica Mitchell, and Dr. Mary Carol Burkhardt discuss the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children and families.

Cincinnati Children's is a US News Honor Roll hospital for the 11th year in a row and one of the top five pediatric hospitals in the nation. 

By now, you’ve probably met a few of this summer’s winged visitors. If you haven’t, they’re coming. Billions of cicadas are emerging across the United States this summer. For some, this may be the first time experiencing this phenomenon, and while fascinating, these insects can also cause some trouble for children. 

If your child needs to gain weight, here is a list of high calorie foods and other tips to consider to help increase their calorie intake.

Children 16 years of age or older are now able to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Within the next couple of weeks, perhaps by early or mid-May, I think that eligibility will drop to 12 years of age and older.

Pollen and mold are hard to avoid when you want to go outside and play, but there are a number of ways to alleviate allergy symptoms.

On February 4, 2021, a congressional report provided details of testing that showed concerning levels of lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic in many baby food products.

For the past few years electric scooters have been a common sight on city sidewalks and increasingly in suburban neighborhoods as more kids use them to get from place to place. But are they safe?