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Doctors group recommends support for transgender children

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 12, 2014 file photo shows safety helmets in a container in a pre-K classroom at an elementary school in Oklahoma. Comprehensive new children's concussion guidelines from the U.S. government released on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, recommend against routine X-rays and blood tests for diagnosis and reassure parents that most kids' symptoms subside within one to three months. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

New advice on kids’ concussions calls for better tracking

By LINDSEY TANNER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas

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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, e-cigarettes appear on display at Vape store in Chicago. Several medical and public health groups are suing the Food and Drug Administration over a decision by Trump administration officials to delay the review of e-cigarettes, which they say pose a health threat to U.S. children. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Lawsuit challenges FDA delay of e-cigarette review

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Doctors warn against teen pot use amid looser marijuana laws

By LINDSEY TANNER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with parents and teachers, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, in this Feb. 14, 2017 photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Donald Trump’s iffy grasp of autism research

By Lauran Neergaard and Calvin Woodward - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 6, 2016, file photo, Keyshla Rivera smiles at her newborn son Jesus as registered nurse Christine Weick demonstrates a baby box before her discharge from Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia on Friday, May 6, 2016. The American Academy of Pediatrics announced new recommendations for safe infant sleeping on Oct. 24, 2016. They call for parents to keep infants in the same bedroom as them at night for six months to a year in order to lessen the risk of sleep-related death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pediatricians: Babies should sleep in same room as parents

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In this Tuesday, March 15, 2016, file photo, parent Bryan Niedermeyer holds Evelyn, one of his twin preemie daughters after they underwent eye exams at Advocate Children's Hospital in Chicago. Olivia and Evelyn Niedermeyer are part of recent research showing benefits from low-tech pain management alternatives during necessary procedures on these fragile babies that are poked and prodded as part of medical care meant to help them survive, but can be painful. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Better preemie pain relief sought amid new call for action

By Lindsey Tanner - Associated Press

In this March 2, 2015, file photo, Republican Sen. Todd Weiler speaks on the senate floor at the Utah state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Weiler, wants to declare pornography a public health crisis, echoing an argument being made around the U.S. by conservative religious groups as porn becomes more accessible on smartphones and tablets. Utah lawmakers are scheduled to discuss the resolution Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in a legislative hearing. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Todd Weiler, Utah lawmaker: Pornography a public health crisis

By Brady McCombs and Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

This book cover image released by Basic Books shows "The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups" by Leonard Sax. Sax, a family physician and psychologist, argues that American families are facing a crisis of authority, where the kids are in charge, out of shape emotionally and physically and suffering because of it. He calls for a reordering of family life in response. (Basic Books via AP)

American families facing crisis of authority

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press

A pediatrician uses a syringe to vaccinate a 1-year-old with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in Northridge, Calif., in this Jan. 29, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Parents increasingly ask doctors to delay vaccines: survey

By Lindsey Tanner - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, laundry detergent packets are held for a photo, in Chicago. Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets sometimes mistaken for toys or candy landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years, researchers report. Coma and seizures were among the most serious complications. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Hundreds of kids harmed by detergent ‘pods,’ study says

By Lindsey Tanner - Associated Press

Child’s death now a cause for north Alabama mom

By JENNIFER EDWARDS - Associated Press

House, Senate bills to OK spuds in moms’ food plan

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Minn. House passes newborn blood sample bill

By MIKE CRONIN - Associated Press

W.Va. marks Infant Immunization Week anniversary

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Kids get codeine in ER despite risks, guidelines

By LINDSEY TANNER - Associated Press

This book cover image released by Rodale Books shows &quot;The Kind Mama: A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, a Sweeter Birth, and a Healthier, More Beautiful Beginning,&quot; by Alicia Silverstone. (AP Photo/Rodale Books)

Alicia Silverstone out with book ‘Kind Mama’

By ALICIA RANCILIO - Associated Press

Ohio committee tweaks, passes midterm budget bill

By ANN SANNER - Associated Press