Children’s Health

Lawmakers say the “Help Not Harm Act” will protect minors from “making life-altering, irreversible decisions that cause mental and bodily harm.”

Eighty-two percent of Wisconsin’s 2-year-olds had a measles shot in 2023, per state health data, down from 88 percent in 2013. Some Wisconsin counties saw much bigger drops.

Officials with the health department said they may move to shut down schools in Milwaukee to clean additional buildings that may have lead risk hazards.

The president’s order claims transition treatments can cause the youth to have higher medical bills over their lifetime and can lead to regret as they age because it may affect their ability to conceive children.

A national report shows nearly a third of children in Wisconsin’s rural communities have Medicaid coverage.

UW-Madison researchers used data collected from more than 11,000 youth over four years to discover a new way of thinking about childhood trauma and mental illness.

Over the last two decades, Type 2 diabetes has not only become more common in people under age 18, but has also started to affect children as young as 6 years old.

Third and fourth-graders at the Escuela Vieau school in Milwaukee made whole-grain pizzas Thursday as part of a larger curriculum.

The Wisconsin ​​​​​Office of Children’s Mental Health recently released a “Feelings Thermometer” to help people support their preschool aged children. The guide is meant to help young kids identify their big feelings, and manage them. 

At least eleven Wisconsin communities have decided to stop adding fluoride to their public drinking water this year, citing possible health risks. At least four more communities are considering doing the same.