President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Caregiver adverse childhood experiences were related to pediatric health outcomes, such as antibiotic prescribing and time to first infection-related clinical encounter.

No significant changes seen in neonatal mortality or postneonatal mortality rate. HealthDay News — The U.S. infant mortality rate did not change from 2022 to 2023 and was 5.61 per 1,000 live births in ...

Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and smoking were more strongly associated with severe stroke than nonsevere stroke. HealthDay News — Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and smoking are more strongly ...

The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities was similar between female patients with and without disorders of sex development. Female patients with and without disorders of sex development have ...

The rates of ASD were 4.9% with daily cannabis use, 4.7% with weekly cannabis use, 3.5% with monthly cannabis use or less, and 4.6% with unknown cannabis use frequency. Use of cannabis in early ...

Direct and indirect psychotherapy interventions significantly reduce the severity of suicidal ideation, and may prove useful tools for clinicians.

The supply of health care professionals available to provide HIV care is expected to continue to decline over the next 5 years.

Prevalence of any and heavy alcohol use was increased in 2020 vs 2018, and the increases were sustained in 2022. HealthDay News — The prevalence of any alcohol use and heavy alcohol use was higher in ...

During July 2019 to June 2023, there was an increase in overdose deaths with ketamine detected, according to research published.

Less than 1 in 6 children met overall WHO healthy behavior recommendations, but 81% of children met the WHO sleep guidelines.

Social media engagement is reduced on synthetic nicotine brand posts that attempt to follow FDA social media guidelines.