Poverty rate jumps in 2022 after end of enhanced child tax credit
CNN — The share of Americans, particularly children, in poverty rose significantly last year, in large part because Congress did not renew a Covid-19 pandemic enhancement to the child tax…
Searching for the why behind rising autism rate
Editor’s Note: Catherine Lord is the director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at N.Y.-Presbyterian Hospital and its affiliated medical schools, Columbia University College of Physicians and…
Rate of babies born preterm in US climbs to 10.5%, March of Dimes report says
CNN — The rate of premature birth in the United States is climbing, according to the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes. On Tuesday, the organization released its…
RSV hospitalization rate for seniors is 10 times higher than usual for this point in the season
CNN — The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children’s hospitals in many parts of the country – especially with respiratory syncytial virus, known…