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From icy sidewalks and heavy snow to the latest respiratory virus, winter in New England isn’t always postcard perfect.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in both 2020 and 2021, approximately 200,000 children were seen in emergency departments across the country for toy-related injuries. We sat down with pediatrician Charles Hannum, MD to talk about the most dangerous toys of the year. By recognizing the dangers and hazards associated with toys, injuries are preventable.

The MIRI was very well represented at the annual Perinatal Research Society Annual Meeting Utah from September 29-October 1, in the beautiful setting of Park City.

HOPE National Resource Center urges a “paradigm shift” to help kids grow and thrive.

“Teddy Bear Clinic” calms hospital fears through play.

Top Boston doctors debate whether students should mask up after a study found that mandates cut COVID cases in Boston-Area schools, plus talk about flu and RSV during NBC10 Boston’s weekly “COVID Q+A” series.

When we think of Halloween, we picture children laughing in colorful costumes, jack-o'-lanterns glowing in house windows and buckets brimming with candy and treats. Experts warn, however, that this fun-filled night can pose safety hazards.

COVID-19 bivalent booster is now approved by the CDC and FDA for children as young as 5.

Tufts Medical Center is proud to offer expert and compassionate pediatric primary care.

View our tips on how to speak with your children about coronavirus.

Tufts Medical Center Director of Child Life Services, Andrea Colliton, offers ten tips to help make children’s life at home feel a little more normal during this abnormal time.

Lowell General Hospital has launched a contest to recruit bloggers for Our Circle of Moms.

CDC now recommends that children between the ages of 5 and 11 years receive the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine.

Learn what to look for in a pediatrician from the pediatricians at Tufts Medical Center.

When your child’s runny nose and cough take a turn for the worse, it can be difficult to know whether it’s just a bad cold or something more serious.

Working with licensed therapists, our physicans are using music exposure to help improve the health of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Tufts Medical Center has launched the Pediatric Complex Care Program (PCCP) to support children with complex medical needs.

While your child may not stress over the things you stress over, they still experience stress + are just as affected by stress as adults are.

Great care starts with a primary care physician you can trust.

With sick kids in close quarters at school and icy conditions priming them for injury, concerned parents can have confidence that great pediatric care is close to home, especially in an emergency.