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July 26, 2022
Bowser said health care workers have tracked the child’s contacts, and that she didn't believe hospitalization was required. 
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December 8, 2021
The news of the sudden passing of Nick Cannon’s youngest son, 5-month-old Zen Scott Cannon, has sent shockwaves through the…
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December 21, 2020
The latest study published in the journal Pediatrics gives us the harsh reality that Black children face worse odds in…
March 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Black children are less likely to receive a prescription antibiotic than their nonblack counterparts -- even when…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - As the newly appointed director of the Office of Minority Health, she is dedicated to creating health…
February 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The pediatrician’s first reaction to then second-grader Kayla Haye’s budding breasts—a sign of the child’s premature puberty—was…
August 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - If kids want to stay at the head of the class and keep health and fitness a…
July 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Tyeese Gaines, an emergency medicine physician and health editor for theGrio.com, answers reader questions about everything…
June 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - When a 7-year-old is bullied to the point of hanging himself, it puts schoolyard teasing into a…
February 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Early diagnosis is considered key for autism, but minority children tend to be diagnosed later than white…
January 31, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Traci Lester is the executive director of Reach Out and Read's Greater New York branch, which works…
August 29, 2011
OPINION - Youth boxing programs aim to teach children discipline, promote physical fitness and provide them with positive choices, especially…
October 28, 2010
VIDEO - Pediatric patients at Baltimore's Sinai Hospital are getting a boost in their recovery through a new program that's…