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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and when is a cleft lip or cleft palate corrected?

ANSWER: Cleft lip and cleft palate are openings or splits in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth — ...Read more

On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter.

Forget a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A new data tool from researchers at UCLA highlights significant environmental health disparities between Latino and white neighborhoods in L.A., providing critical insights amid escalating public health concerns linked to the places where climate change and the Trump administration’s recent immigration policy actions intersect....Read more

The first human case of West Nile virus in Illinois has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The state agency announced Tuesday evening that a southern Illinois resident tested positive for the virus after being hospitalized. This is the earliest in the year that a human ...Read more

The number of measles cases continue to rise in Kansas, reaching 80 confirmed cases, according the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s 2025 Kansas Measles Case Data dashboard.

The majority of cases, 77, are associated with the outbreak concentrated in the southwestern part of Kansas, with six new cases related to the outbreak ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado will use $3 million from the state’s opioid settlement fund to provide the overdose-reversal drug naloxone to local organizations, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday.

The new grant comes as Colorado saw more than 300 fewer people die from drug overdoses in 2024, marking a 15.6% drop from 2023’s total, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina has its first case of measles this year, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday.

A child from another country where measles has been reported became ill while visiting Forsyth and Guilford counties, according to a news release.

State officials are working with the Forsyth County ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — CPR can be lifesaving when a baby stops breathing — but only if it’s done properly.

Paramedics must push down hard enough on the infant’s chest to manually squeeze blood from the heart through the rest of the body, but not so hard that they risk puncturing an organ.

The hard-to-perfect technique is at the center of a new...Read more

Medical experts are dismayed over a federal report’s claim that kids are overprescribed asthma medications, saying it minimizes how many lives the drugs save.

Safe treatment protocols for asthma management have been carefully studied over the years, said Dr. Perry Sheffield, a pediatrician and professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at ...Read more

This June, like every other, has been filled with talk of graduations, the scent of barbecue and Fathers’ Day sales. But amid all the hype, we need to remember that June is also Men's Health Month – a vital, often overlooked, opportunity to shine a spotlight on the unique health challenges and preventative care needs of men. More than that, ...Read more

The culture wars were on full display Wednesday when the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law that banned gender transition treatments for children. While the legal issues were arcane, the ruling is a victory for common sense.

Progressives and many media sympathizers portrayed the decision as an “attack” on trans rights (Vox). ...Read more

Artificial intelligence chatbots are now a part of daily life for many families. As you make dinner, maybe you realize you're out of an ingredient. So, you ask a smart speaker what you can use instead. Or, you have trouble assembling a product you bought. For help, you chat with a virtual service agent online.

But children and teens ...Read more

Starting this fall students in New York will join those in other states like California in not being able to access cellphones during the day. These bans are the culmination of years of education and activism by parents, teachers and researchers concerned about the effect of technology not only on academic performance but also on children’s ...Read more