January 15, 2026
(New York Times) – Infant heart transplants are extraordinarily rare. A Times health journalist donned scrubs and witnessed how the surgery unfolded. A week earlier, I’d spoken with Dr. Emile Bacha, now NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s surgeon in chief, and gotten his … Read More
January 14, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – Therapies that target genetic illnesses at their root are no longer on the horizon. They are here. More are coming. But even as a growing suite of gene therapy tools are changing individual patients’ lives, … Read More
January 14, 2026
(AP via MSN) – A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including money for rural health care and the early identification of disabilities in young children. … Read More
January 14, 2026
(New York Times) – The groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, say the C.D.C.’s revised vaccine schedule is not based on scientific evidence and will harm the public. Six leading medical organizations plan to ask the courts to throw … Read More
January 8, 2026
(New York Times) – The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot. The agreement was one of five lawsuits that the companies agreed to settle … Read More
January 6, 2026
(KFF Health News) – Just three of the six immunizations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it will no longer routinely recommend — against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and rotavirus — have prevented nearly 2 million hospitalizations and … Read More
January 6, 2026
(NPR) – In an unprecedented change, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of vaccines routinely recommended for all children from 17 to 11. On the new schedule, vaccines that had previously been recommended for all … Read More
January 5, 2026
(ABC News) – Children who miss early vaccinations are far more likely to miss the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine by age 2, a new study found. The findings come as the U.S. recently surpassed 2,000 measles cases for the … Read More
January 2, 2026
(NYT) – After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an operation on the edge of what’s possible. After breakfast, she took the A train to NewYork-Presbyterian … Read More
December 30, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children. Opioid abuse during pregnancy is on the rise, new research suggests—and that’s likely to endanger both expectant mothers and … Read More
December 23, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Other families around the country have also recently had their access to the therapy challenged as state officials make deep cuts to Medicaid — the public health insurance that covers people with low incomes and disabilities. … Read More
December 23, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – In the days after H found her daughter’s Character AI chats, H projected an air of normalcy around her daughter, not wanting to do anything that would cause her distress or shame. H contacted her … Read More
December 22, 2025
(Axios) – Most teens now use generative AI, even as parents and schools struggle to keep up with guidance on how to keep kids safe. Why it matters: Kids’ AI habits are outpacing adult oversight, raising concerns about privacy, development … Read More
December 19, 2025
(ABC 7) – KJ Muldoon, a 10-month-old baby who sparked nationwide headlines after receiving a first-of-its kind gene-editing treatment, was released from the hospital this week. KJ has spent the majority of his life at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after … Read More
December 17, 2025
(Plough) – In Vienna, a hospital offers palliative care to babies with debilitating diagnoses. Through a “life protection agency,” as pro-life associations are commonly known in Austria, the young couple learned of a possible alternative. Since 2020, Vienna’s St. Josef … Read More
December 11, 2025
(NBC News) – The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials said Wednesday. As of Wednesday, 111 measles cases had been reported in what’s known as … Read More
December 10, 2025
(The Guardian) – Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for services It was after one friend was shot and another stabbed, both fatally, that Shan asked ChatGPT … Read More
December 10, 2025
(CNN) – A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday. And regulators, parents and teenagers around the globe are watching closely to see how it plays … Read More
December 9, 2025
(WSJ) – The tragedy of falling birthrates isn’t merely national decline, strained pensions or a shrinking labor force. It is the intimate, human loss. Americans talk about the country feeling “lonely,” but we rarely connect that to the most obvious … Read More
December 9, 2025
(CBS News) – Two years ago, 13-year-old Juliana Peralta took her life inside her Colorado home after her parents say she developed an addiction to a popular AI chatbot platform called Character AI. Parents Cynthia Montoya and Wil Peralta, said … Read More
December 9, 2025
(New York Times) – With the end of school shutdowns, children’s mental health appointments fell sharply, though other factors may have contributed. A study of nearly 200,000 California schoolchildren found that their mental health had improved significantly after schools reopened … Read More
December 8, 2025
(WSJ) – Medicaid pays healthcare providers big bucks to diagnose and treat children with autism—sometimes tens of thousands of dollars a month for a single child. Yet states rarely verify that kids who are diagnosed actually meet the medical criteria … Read More
December 5, 2025
(New York Times) – A federal vaccine committee took a major step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of remaking the childhood vaccine schedule on Friday, voting to end a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at … Read More
December 5, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 17, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 4, 2025
(Wired) – Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe. Members of Congress considered 19 online safety … Read More
