Every start of the school year, particularly as the weather turns cool, cases of pediatric flu, aka flu in children, rise. This year, however, the influenza surge sweeping through communities is not just any bad flu season. It is the most severe pediatric crisis many have witnessed since the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic. Reports from the...
Hospital visits can feel overwhelming for children. Bright lights and unfamiliar machines easily stir fear and confusion. Many families only recognise their child’s medical anxiety when their child suddenly freezes on the MRI table. Others notice it when a child tears off a mask or resists every blood test. Clinicians now accept that these reactions...
A TikTok creator sparked a pretty big debate after she called over 40 churches, one being Dream City Church, a large Arizona megachurch linked to Charlie Kirk, to find out if they would help a starving baby. She filmed the moment and put it online, which pushed a lot of people to question how churches...
While COVID may feel like old news, the truth is that researchers are still uncovering new ripple effects as time goes by. Recently, studies have revealed that there was a link between having COVID and developing male fertility issues. These studies specifically looked at COVID and its effect on sperm quality. New mouse studies have...
A father receives backlash online for using a child leash for his five-year-old quintuplets. Zoey Hart, Dakota Faith, Hollyn Grace, Asher Blaze, and Gavin Lane were born to Jordan and Briana Driskell. Briana had undergone multiple fertility treatments, including intrauterine insemination (IUI), and her doctors said there was only a four to eight percent chance...
United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back at it again with further claims about what he thinks causes autism. This time, he is claiming that there is a link between infant circumcision and autism in boys. He made this claim while attempting to reassert his long-standing, scientifically unsupported theory about the pain...
In a move that has given some people hope while on the other hand drawing sharp criticism from leading medical experts, the Trump administration recently took action to promote the use of an existing generic drug, Leucovorin, as a treatment for Autism. The highly publicized announcement, which was accompanied by the promotion of unsupported theories...
The causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been a long-standing subject of scientific inquiry, but also a target for persistent, unproven claims. The current scientific and medical consensus stands in stark contrast to recent, widely publicized claims by the Trump administration and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr concerning the...
A recent Fox News interview featuring Kid Rock has stirred up heated reactions after the musician blamed America’s low birth rates on what he called “ugly, broke, crazy, deranged” liberal women. The comment drew sharp rebukes from critics, including Dolly Parton’s sister Stella. Who fired back with her own colorful language about the rock star’s...
Most of the time, a common cold is just that: a common cold. This is precisely the reason why the Kassis family from Bathurst, Australia, suffered a tragedy in late 2023 that no family should ever have to suffer. Their five-year-old daughter, Cathy, came down with what their doctor thought was a simple cold –...
Seven-year-old Xiao Fei from China was experiencing every child’s nightmare: His classmates were teasing him, avoiding him, whispering behind his back, and refusing to play with him. They weren’t doing it because they didn’t like him, but rather because being around him was difficult. There was a foul odor that seemed to be following him...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) is seemingly on a crusade against autism in America. With one in 31 children diagnosed, he is not without reason. However, his focus sometimes seems to be on items that are based on underdeveloped science or studies that have simply been proven wrong. The latest in this is the...
