Emergency department (ED) visits for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) among US children aged 8-12 years increased from 2010 to 2020, with many children returning within months. Researchers ...

Previous analyses of mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that the leading cause of death among children and adolescents (defined as persons 1 to 19 years of ...

The health of US children has worsened steadily from 2007 to 2023 with higher mortality, and more chronic physical, developmental, and mental health conditions, warned a report released in JAMA.

American children’s health has declined profoundly over the past few decades, a new study shows, and the issues are so serious that children in the US are dying at a much higher rate than those in ...

American children have a higher mortality rate than those in comparable high-income countries, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network. "The health of US children has ...

Baby and mom near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, April 5, 2020 [Photo by https://www.vperemen.com / / CC BY 4.0] The death rate for US children has surged by 25 percent over the past decade, ...