When a child swallows a button battery, time is of the essence. Button batteries are everywhere nowadays and can be found in ...

Pediatric emergency doctors warn spring break brings a spike in broken bones and share tips to keep kids safe while enjoying outdoor activities.

Pine Rest's new Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health offers an alternative to emergency rooms for youth experiencing ...

Kids playing sports can face a range of potential problems that can sideline them. Consumer Reports has key advice on ...

Conway Medical Center is receiving national attention for how it cares for children during a crisis.

You get a call that a child needs emergency placement in foster care. They arrive at your door with nothing except the clothes they’re wearing, and you suddenly ...

The attack had occurred mere minutes before his mother-in-law was supposed to walk to the pickup area where Ghazali’s truck ...

A surgeon and two registered nurses sat down with The Journal recently to talk about mass shootings at Brown University and the Dennis M. Lynch Arena.

Consumer Reports has important advice for parents on how to help prevent common and often avoidable sports injuries.

Between 2017 and 2022, more than 6,300 Water Beads ingestion cases were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms.

Boston emergency departments are quietly becoming the backup dentist for a growing number of families, with a steady rise in patients coming in for tooth trouble. The spike is especially sharp among ...

The doctors and nurses who spoke to Marnie for her story are pleading with the hospital to stop admitting these children, but that’s complicated by a federal law that prohibits emergency rooms from ...