Brain cancer has left Tayden Ybarra, 16, legally blind in her left eye, says her mother, Tammy Ybarra. “She doesn’t see side to side, up, down, only like a pinpoint in the front.” At school, bullies ...

Every year around St. Patrick’s Day, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research to find cures for childhood cancers hosts a head-shaving event known as "St. Baldrick’s." On Thursday, ...

Niam Yadlapati, an eight-year-old cancer survivor and Sage Canyon School third grader, recently hosted the very successful first-annual Niam’s Run for Kids with Cancer to raise funds for the Leukemia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I entered the world of pediatric cancer, I thought I would do so solely as a communications professional. But in the short ...

When oncologists gave my 5-year-old daughter the all-clear from high-risk neuroblastoma in 2010, I breathed a sigh of relief. But her health needs were just beginning. Fifteen years later, the intense ...

Every year, an estimated 400,000 children worldwide develop a form of cancer. Five-year survival rates in high-income nations are typically over 80%, with an expected cure rate of near 100% for some ...

STORY DEVELOPS. WELL, IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN FRIDAY. IT IS THE KICKOFF FOR PENN STATE’S THON AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER AT 6:00. IT’S A 46 HOUR DANCE MARATHON THAT RAISES MONEY FOR ...

Imagine your child develops a skin rash of red dots, runs a fever and feels tired. When things don’t improve within a few days, you go to see your child’s pediatrician. They say it might be a virus, ...