Sepsis is a severe inflammatory response in the body that can cause tissue damage and organ failure. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Exposure to lead can harm young children and babies, even before birth
Pediatric Crohn’s Disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that can stunt growth in children. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Thousands of adults go to the hospital each year for a serious (sometimes even deadly) disease they might have avoided if they had received the vaccination to prevent it.
Vaccines activate the immune system, training it to fight off certain viral and bacterial infections.
MIS-C is a rare but serious condition that can occur in children diagnosed with COVID-19. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Immune therapy is a cancer treatment approach that uses the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells. Learn more about this treatment.
A pediatric sleep study is an evaluation that analyzes a child's sleeping habits in the controlled setting of a sleep lab.
A respiratory infection that mainly affects children and causes a barking cough, hoarseness, and breathing difficulties.
Asthma—a chronic inflammation of the airways that causes trouble breathing—affects 5 to 10 percent of children in the United States.