HealthDay News — For children, the best way to measure liquid medication is in metric milliliters, according to a committee from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Accidental medication overdoses ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A report from the American Academy of Pediatrics calls attention to the problem of children accidentally overdosing on medicine. It also urges using the metric system as a solution.

A spoonful of sugar might help the medicine go down, but research suggests a spoon is a lousy way to measure out that medicine. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Food and Drug ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric. The Oregon Health Authority has adopted the Child-Level Social Emotional ...