Children's Health - Page 768

November 20, 2014

Doctor: It's a Miracle Boy Survived 20-Story Fall From Window

A 10-year-old Chinese boy has survived falling 20 stories from an apartment window and landing on a parked car

November 20, 2014

Panel: Gramps, Get Whooping Cough Shot

A federal advisory panel is recommending that people 65 and older who are around infants get vaccinated against whooping cough

November 20, 2014

Experts Wrestle With Vaccinating Boys for HPV

U.S. vaccine advisers are weighing whether boys and young men should be vaccinated against the human wart virus that causes a number of cancers, but some worry the vaccine is too costly to justify its use

November 20, 2014

Panel: Teens Need Another Meningitis Shot

A federal advisory panel is recommending that teens get a booster dose of the vaccine against bacterial meningitis

November 20, 2014

Toddler Could Have HIV After Touching Dirty Needles at Hospital

A 2-year-old girl who went to the doctor's office because of a rash left with a potential life sentence after getting pricked with dirty needles that had been left in an open bin on the floor of a clinic

November 20, 2014

Newborn Death Prompts Recall of Baby Slings

The death of a 10-day-old boy in Texas has prompted the recall of some handmade baby slings.

November 20, 2014

Boy, 5, Dies in Car While Doctor Father Performs Surgery

A 5-year-old Cyprus boy was found dead in the family car, forgotten there for nearly eight hours by his doctor father while he carried out emergency surgery, police said on Wednesday.

November 20, 2014

1 in 5 High School Students Abuses Prescription Drugs

A new report shows one in five high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn't get from a doctor.

November 20, 2014

Water Contaminates 74 Elementary Students

Dozens of elementary students in a New York City elementary school were sent to the hospital Tuesday after drinking contaminated water, MyFoxNY.com reported.

November 20, 2014

Bangladesh Kids Who Lose Mother More Likely to Die

Researchers in Bangladesh, Britain and the U.S. used data from population surveys from 1982 to 2005 in Matlab, Bangladesh, to follow what happened to more than 144,800 children. Of those, nearly 15,000 died by age 10.