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Pediatrics

Photo: US Senator Edward Markey, an older white man wearing a black suit (left), and US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a South Asian man wearing a black naval uniform, sit in front of a red BU backdrop and are shown mid-discussion. A small black table with water bottles sits between them.

Youth Mental Health

US Surgeon General Sounds the Alarm on Harmful Social Media Use among Youth during Visit to BU

June 6, 2023

Photo: Protesters hold a placard that says, "Protect trans youth" and "Gay" inside the Indiana Statehouse. A young woman with short curly red hair holds a sign that reads "Protect trans youth" and a masked person next to her holds a word bubble sign that reads "Gay" . The two stand with other masked and unmasked protestors in a statehouse.

Mental Health

How Will Anti-Trans Laws Impact Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Mental Health?

March 24, 2023

Behavior Change

How to Help People Break a Bad Habit (or Start a Good Habit)—Even if They Don’t Want To

January 18, 2023

Photo of a Black toddler with brown curly hair smiling from underneath their mask as a doctor puts a bandaid on their arm after giving them a vaccine. The baby wears a green shirt and sits on a doctor's table. The doctor is a youngish AAPI woman will a long, brown ponytail wearing a white doctor's coat and face mask. Doctor's office equipment is seen blurred behind them.

COVID-19 Vaccines

COVID-19 Vaccine for Children under Five Approved. Here’s What Parents Should Know

June 20, 2022

A school girl in Ecuador, age 6-11, receives a shot of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID Vaccines

COVID Vaccines for Kids Ages 5 to 11: Answers to Common Questions

October 21, 2021

A photo of a father and son working together on a tablet

Digital Health

Can This Free Mobile App Help Autistic Children Develop Better Language Skills?

April 2, 2021

The Papadakis triplets: Alex (from left), Lena, and Joanna

Student Life

From Premie to Pre-Med

December 1, 2020

Portrait of Diana Ceballos, Boston University School of Public Health assistant professor of environmental health, in front of a Boston construction site.

Environmental Health

Children of Construction Workers Are at Risk of Secondhand Lead Exposure

December 3, 2019

Portrait of 2019 Boston University Innovator of the Year, Weining Lu, Associate Professor of Medicine.

Translational Research

Weining Lu, Kidney Researcher, Named BU Innovator of the Year

November 14, 2019

First Lady Melania Trump meets pediatric doctors and nurses as she tours the Boston Medical Center Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with BMC President and CEO Kate Walsh and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.

Addiction

Melania Trump Visits Opioid-Exposed Infants at BMC

November 6, 2019

mother and child illustration

Addiction

Strengthening the Parent-Child Bond in the Face of Addiction

October 8, 2019

Packages of Juul e-cigarette products are seen on display at a smoke shop.

Vaping

Mass. Governor Baker Orders Ban on All Vaping Products and Declares Public Health Emergency

September 24, 2019

A teenager takes a hit from vaping e-cigarette blowing a cloud of vapor.

Vaping Crisis

Why Doctors Are Terrified by Sudden Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Deaths

September 12, 2019

Two toddlers sit and play with alphabet blocks next to each other.

Child Psychology

Are Kids Hardwired for Revenge?

September 9, 2019

Mookie Betts is dowsed with Gatorade after hitting three home runs against Kansas City in 2018.

Baseball

Big Shot

February 19, 2019

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

Antiretroviral drugs can prevent transmission of HIV from mother to unborn child, but we don’t yet fully understand how exposure to HIV affects a baby's health later on.

HIV-AIDS

How Does HIV Exposure Impact Uninfected Babies?

October 24, 2018

Low-income children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could be better helped if their parents got skills counseling, MED’s Michael Silverstein says.

Pediatrics

Helping Parents Help Their ADHD Child

July 6, 2015

Carine Lenders, MD, MS, ScD, and Elizabeth Henry, DrPh, MHS.

Accolades

Pediatrics Professor and Public Health Student Win Top Honors

June 29, 2015

Child receiving HIV-AIDS treatment

Global Health

Kids Need Improved HIV Treatment

February 26, 2015

Kids Need Improved HIV Treatment