When parents first notice their kids have a pinworm infection, they usually flip. "It freaks parents out," says Dr. Kristin Bencik-Boudreau, a pediatrician at Bayshore Pediatrics, a primary care ...

Q: How on Earth did my son get pinworms? I didn’t even realize something was wrong until he started scratching his butt in his sleep. The minute we told his pediatrician about the scratching, she ...

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[Sign up to receive NYT Parenting in your inbox every Wednesday] When I found out one of my kids had head lice, my knee-jerk instinct was to burn down my house and walk away from it all. That seemed ...

It’s a common condition that might give most of you the creeps! Children enjoying summertime activities might be playing with others, going to camp, eating with their hands, and putting themselves at ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Pediatricians all over the Tampa Bay area are flooded with kids feeling horrible. The stomach bug is causing them big pain, with plenty of vomiting and diarrhea. Even though flu ...

Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health.