Pediatrics

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Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Deaf Patients Science

Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Deaf Patients

A single injection of gene therapy into the inner ear has restored hearing in all ten patients born with hereditary deafness, with results published i...

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Scientists Grow First Lab-Made Esophagus in Major Win Science

Scientists Grow First Lab-Made Esophagus in Major Win

Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL have created the first functional lab-grown esophagus, successfully implanting it in pigs that cou...

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How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia—and Why It Returns Health

How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia—and Why It Returns

Measles is the most contagious virus known to science, capable of infecting 90% of unvaccinated people nearby. Beyond the rash, it erases years of imm...

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How Fetal Surgery Works—and Why It Matters Health

How Fetal Surgery Works—and Why It Matters

Fetal surgery allows doctors to operate on unborn babies inside the womb, treating life-threatening conditions like spina bifida months before birth....

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How Maternal RSV Vaccination Protects Newborns Health

How Maternal RSV Vaccination Protects Newborns

RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalization worldwide. A vaccine given to pregnant women in late pregnancy transfers protective antibodies dire...

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How Melatonin Works—and Is It Safe for Kids? Health

How Melatonin Works—and Is It Safe for Kids?

Melatonin supplements have become one of the most popular sleep aids for children, but scientists warn that enthusiasm is outpacing the evidence. Here...

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What Is Rett Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat? Health

What Is Rett Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat?

Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene that almost exclusively affects girls, stripping away language, mo...

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What Is Dravet Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat? Health

What Is Dravet Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat?

Dravet syndrome is a rare, catastrophic form of epilepsy that begins in infancy, resists most standard medications, and is caused by a single faulty g...

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Zorevunersen Reduces Seizures in Dravet Syndrome by 91% Health

Zorevunersen Reduces Seizures in Dravet Syndrome by 91%

The experimental drug zorevunersen has reduced seizure frequency by up to 91% in children with Dravet syndrome. The results of a clinical trial publis...

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Measles Surges Across US, Threatening Elimination Status Health

Measles Surges Across US, Threatening Elimination Status

The United States has recorded over 1,136 measles cases in just two months of 2026 — already nearing half of last year's 30-year record — as unvaccina...

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Measles Surge and New Mpox Strain Alarm Health Officials Health

Measles Surge and New Mpox Strain Alarm Health Officials

The United States has recorded over 1,136 measles cases in just two months of 2026 — six times the annual norm — while WHO has confirmed a novel recom...

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