April 9, 2019 Yeshiva schools ordered to exclude unvaccinated students amid measles surge The New York City Health Department ordered all ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools in a neighborhood of Brooklyn on Monday to exclude unvaccinated students from classes during the current measles outbreak.
April 7, 2019 Norovirus outbreak hits Washington, DC, children’s hospital, health officials say A norovirus outbreak was reported at a children’s hospital in Washington, D.C., on Saturday after three patients tested positive for the contagious virus, health officials said.
April 6, 2019 Why you shouldn't vape with your kids in the car Think vaping with your kids in the car Is harmless? Think again
April 5, 2019 Doctor suggests divorce to Tennessee couple to help pay their child’s medical bills: report In order to pay their son’s extensive medical bills, a doctor suggested that a Tennessee couple should get a divorce.
April 5, 2019 200 patients warned of possible measles exposure via one little girl in California ER Almost 200 people could have been exposed to measles after a child with the disease was treated in the emergency room at the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) Children’s Hospital last month.
April 5, 2019 After Parkland, Newtown suicides, psychotherapist breaks down survivor’s guilt and how to overcome it After two survivors of the Parkland shooting and the parent of a child who was killed in the Newtown, Conn. massacre, committed suicide, many experts are saying more attention needs to be put on those who suffer from survivor’s guilt. Psychotherapist Edy Nathan sits down with ӣƵ’ Dr. Manny Alvarez to discuss this phenomenon and the help that’s needed to treat survivors of traumatic events.
April 5, 2019 Girl's attempt at 'faking chickenpox' to miss test backfires after she uses permanent marker A 6-year-old’s attempt at faking sick to miss school has left her “red-in-the-face” after the marker she used to cover herself in phony chickenpox turned out to be permanent.
April 5, 2019 Nurse adopts girl who had no visitors during hospital stay A Massachusetts director of nursing who at the end of each workday took to visiting an infant who had landed in her hospital is now the girl’s mother after she had volunteered to foster her when the state gained custody of her in October 2016.
April 4, 2019 Girl's feet infested with parasitic sand fleas after running through pigsty barefoot A 10-year-old girl who had developed itchy, painful brown-colored papules on the bottom of her feet was actually suffering from a parasitic sand flea infestation.
April 3, 2019 California bill would allow state employees to bring babies to work Lawmakers in California will decide on Wednesday the fate of a bill that would allow for state employees to bring their babies to work with them.