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Medical Conditions

Acute Ear Infections and Your Child

Allergies in Children

Anaphylaxis: What Parents Need to Know

Anemia in Children and Teens

Anesthesia and Your Child: Information for Parents

Ankle Sprain Treatment (Care of the Young Athlete)

Antibiotics Aren't Always Needed

Anxiety

Appendicitis

Asthma

Asthma and Your Child

Asthma Triggers

Bedbugs—Child Care and Schools

Bedwetting

Bedwetting and School-aged Children

Bites (Human and Animal)—Child Care and Schools

Boil/Abscess/Cellulitis—Child Care and Schools

Breath-Holding Spells

Bronchiolitis and Your Young Child

Campylobacter—Child Care and Schools

Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Infections)—Child Care and Schools

Clean Intermittent Catheterization for Boys

Clean Intermittent Catheterization for Girls

Clostridioides difficile (Formerly Known as Clostridium difficile; Also Called “C diff”)—Child Care and Schools

Common Childhood Infections

Congenital Hip Dysplasia

Constipation and Your Child

Corticosteroids: What Parents Need to Know

COVID: How to Prepare for Your Child's COVID Vaccination

COVID-19: What Families Need to Know

Croup

Croup and Your Young Child

Croup: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care

Crying and Your Baby: How to Calm a Fussy or Colicky Baby

Cryptosporidiosis—Child Care and Schools

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection—Child Care and Schools

Depression

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

Diaper Rash and Your baby

Diarrhea and Your Child

Diarrhea Caused by Specific Types of E coli (Escherichia coli)—Child Care and Schools

Diarrhea—Child Care and Schools

Ear Infection—Child Care and Schools

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia

Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) and Your Child

Febrile Seizures

Fever and Your Child

Fever—Child Care and Schools

Fifth Disease

Fifth Disease (Human Parvovirus B19)—Child Care and Schools

Food Allergies: What Parents Need to Know

Food Borne Illnesses

Gastroenteritis, Viral

Gastroenteritis: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care

Giardiasis—Child Care and Schools

Haemophilus influenzae Type b (Hib)—Child Care and Schools

Hand Foot and Mouth

Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease—Child Care and Schools

Head Lice

Head Lice: What You Need to Know

Hepatitis A Infection—Child Care and Schools

Hepatitis B Infection—Child Care and Schools

Herpes Simplex (Cold Sores)—Child Care and Schools

Hip Dysplasia (Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip)

HIV and AIDS: What You Need to Know

HIV/AIDS—Child Care and Schools

How to Take Your Child's Temperature

Imaging Tests: A Look Inside Your Child's Body

Immunizations

Impetigo—Child Care and Schools

Influenza (Flu): What You Need to Know

Influenza—Child Care and Schools

Lead Poisoning

Learning Disabilities: What Parents Need to Know

Lice (Pediculosis Capitis)—Child Care and Schools

Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease (and Other Tick-borne Diseases)—Child Care and Schools

Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Allergic Skin Conditions

Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Allergies: An Overview

Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Anaphylaxis

Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Asthma

Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Measles—Child Care and Schools

Meningitis—Child Care and Schools

Mental Health

Middle Ear Fluid and Your Child

Molluscum Contagiosum—Child Care and Schools

Mononucleosis—Child Care and Schools

Mosquito-borne Diseases—Child Care and Schools

Mouth Sores—Child Care and Schools

Mpox: What Parents Need to Know

Mumps—Child Care and Schools

Norovirus—Child Care and Schools

Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Care of the Young Athlete)

Pain Medicine After Medical Procedures: What Parents Need to Know

Pain Medicine After Surgery: What Parents Need to Know

Parasites - Giardia

Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)—Child Care and Schools

Pinkeye and Your Child

Pinworms—Child Care and Schools

Pneumonia and Your Child

Pneumonia—Child Care and Schools

Protecting Your Child With the COVID-19 Vaccine

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): What Parents Need to Know

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)—Child Care and Schools

Ringworm—Child Care and Schools

Roseola (Human Herpesvirus 6 and 7)—Child Care and Schools

Rotavirus

Rotavirus—Child Care and Schools

Rubella (German measles)—Child Care and Schools

Safety of Blood Transfusions

Salmonella—Child Care and Schools

Scabies—Child Care and Schools

Shigella—Child Care and Schools

Shingles (Herpes Zoster)—Child Care and Schools

Sinusitis and Your Child

Sleep Apnea and Your Child

Staphylococcus aureus (Methicillin-Resistant [MRSA] and Methicillin-Sensitive [MSSA])—Child Care and Schools

Strep Throat (Streptococcal Pharyngitis) and Scarlet Fever—Child Care and Schools

Sty—Child Care and Schools

Thrush (Candidiasis)—Child Care and Schools

Tonsils and Adenoid

Toxoplasmosis

Tuberculosis (TB)—Child Care and Schools

Type 2 Diabetes: Tips for Healthy Living

Upper Respiratory Infection (Common Cold)—Child Care and Schools

Urinary Tract Infection—Child Care and Schools

Urinary Tract Infections in Young Children

Vomiting—Child Care and Schools

Warts (Human Papillomavirus)—Child Care and Schools

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)—Child Care and Schools

Your Child Has a Sore Throat: What's the Cause?

Your Child's Sleep Diary