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Eventual vaccination of children will be crucial to subduing the COVID virus, but pediatricians are split on how fast to move toward that.

After being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 7 year-old Ryan was officially declared in remission in April 2019.

An estimated 34 to 44 million adults at increased risk for the virus have a connection to schools.

Adding the targeted drug to chemo and radiation treatment is safe and increases the chance that most of the tumor will die before surgery.

New research explores how to lower the risk of heart disease in childhood cancer survivors.

Kids can have a high coronavirus viral load, which makes them more contagious.

Most vaccines can be administered on a flexible timeline if the originally recommended timeline is missed.

Black and Hispanic children are more likely to live in poverty and have limited access to primary care, which threatens their survival.

There is an increased risk of death for patients with cancers such as lymphoma, skin melanomas and carcinoma.

Children with cancer were not more likely to catch the new coronavirus or to develop severe illness.

“One reason trial enrollment may be decreasing is that good treatments have been developed for some of the most common childhood cancers.”

Scientists just have to find the right chemotherapy to treat children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.

When your life is affected by cancer a retreat combines natural beauty with fellowship.

Children can contract the virus, although they usually have no symptoms or mild illness.

Sleep is vital for everyone, no matter their age. But sleep plays an especially critical role for kids.

Well into adulthood, those who beat cancer diagnosed between ages 15 and 20 still have a higher risk of death than their peers.