Fevers are frightening for both our little ones and us as parents. But according to Dr. Katie, an emergency doctor who’s seen it all, there are a few things she wishes every parent understood about ...

This story has been updated with new information regarding the status of Saal's medical license. A former doctor at Cincinnati Children's has been federally charged with possessing more than 150,000 ...

Dr. Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, mostly his patients, mostly children, over 25 years, in the country’s largest-ever pedophilia case. By Catherine Porter ...

LOCAL INTERSTATE. BUT FIRST, TONIGHT, A LOCAL DOCTOR IS FACING A SERIES OF CHARGES FOR THE POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. INVESTIGATORS SAY 35 YEAR OLD BRADFORD MARCELLI HAD 68 ...

A 10-year-old boy with special needs was repeatedly locked and forced to sleep in a modified closet where he defecated, officials say. The boy was checked for possible frostbite after police got ...

Maybe your child has been on a specific treatment for atopic dermatitis (also called eczema) for months or even years, but now flare-ups seem to be happening more often and with greater intensity. Or ...

A former doctor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is now facing a civil lawsuit from the parents of his former patients. Howard M. Saal, a former geneticist and dysmorphologist at ...

As anti-vaccine sentiment grows, pediatricians are facing a moral quandary: whether they should dismiss families who don’t vaccinate. ‘Dismissal’ policies, once discouraged by the medical ...

The official death toll in Gaza has topped 58,000, with Israeli forces continuing to shoot at Palestinians seeking aid and talks over a ceasefire agreement stalled in Doha. This morning’s injured were ...

The host of Serial Productions’ new series shares a brief history of the early days of child protection. By Dyan Neary Hi, I’m Dyan Neary, host of “The Preventionist,” which is out now. I’ve been ...

Iris Behnam, 4, receives a vaccination while her mom, Haley Behnam, holds and comforts her at Larchmont Pediatrics in Los Angeles on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Orange County ...