Fifth-grader Levi Buxman of Wooster has amassed more than 4,000 beads signifying various aspects of treatment for B-cell ...

The U.S. has nearly 1 million oil and natural gas wells. Some, like the one here in Commerce City, Colo., are within a few thousand feet of schools and neighborhoods. RJ Sangosti/Getty Images Acute ...

Researchers have identified a promising way to predict bloodstream infections in children with high-risk leukemia days before the infection would be diagnosed using current standards of care. The test ...

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in children, although it is rare. It begins in the bone marrow and rapidly progresses. Long-term survival rates exceed 90%, but ...

Nearly a third of families with children receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – the most common pediatric cancer – develop serious financial difficulties during their child's ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lisa McKenzie, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Nicole Deziel, Yale ...