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(NEW YORK) -- Children who have smartphones by age 12 are at higher risk of lack of sleep, obesity and depression, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.What's more, researchers found that the earlier a child received a smartphone, the greater their risk of developing these conditions.Dr. Ran Barzilay, lead author of the study and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Monday it is changing the childhood immunization schedule.The federal health agency is removing the universal recommendation for multiple shots, in what it calls an attempt to mirror the schedules of peer countries.Instead of being universally recommended for almost all children at certain age cut offs, vaccines are now split into three categories: vaccines for all children, vaccines […]