Healthy Living

Mother celebrates baby's successful spina bifida surgery in the womb

A baby underwent surgery in the womb for spina bifida, and since being born six weeks ago, the child is healthy and developing well, according to a statement from the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for Children in London.

Biden plan to subsidize child care could have unintended consequences, including price increases, experts say

The subsidies for child care in President Biden's American Families Plan could have some unintended consequences for both families and child care businesses, including price increases, experts tell Fox News. 

10M kids could get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by fall if jab approved for younger population, Gottlieb says

The former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said over the weekend that some 10 million U.S. children could receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine before fall should the jab receive emergency use authorization for the nation’s younger population. 

Ultra-expensive medicine a desperate need for thousands of babies around the world

 many of parents of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare motor neuron disease. Between one in 6,000 and 10,000 children born have the disorder in some form. More than two-thirds of diagnosed with the most common and serious derivation, SMA1, die before the age of 2, if left untreated — and treatment is complex. A new miracle gene therapy called Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine in the world. 

Biden says schools 'should probably all be open' in fall

President Biden said Friday that schools should “probably all be open” this fall “based on science and the CDC.”

Pfizer-BioNTech seek COVID-19 vaccine authorization for kids in EU

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include children 12 to 15 years old, in a move that could offer younger and less at-risk populations in Europe access to the shot for the first time.

Remote learning during coronavirus caused stress, anxiety in students, survey finds

A new survey highlights the adverse effects that remote learning had on many children in the past year that has been the coronavirus pandemic. 

After year of coronavirus restrictions, oldest woman in US wants to eat with friend again

A 114-year-old Nebraska woman who has taken the title of America's oldest living person says what she wants most is to eat with her friend after a year of pandemic restrictions.

Boy dies of coronavirus in Hawaii after traveling with fully vaccinated parents

Hawaii health officials confirmed the state’s first pediatric coronavirus-related death in a child who had been visiting the state with his fully vaccinated parents.

Nashville COVID ICU nurses give patient a spa day

A woman fighting the virus after being on a ventilator for weeks got tender loving care from frontline workers in the COVID Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.