In 2024, about 1.4 million kids ages 5 to 14 ended up in the ER for sports and recreational injuries.

A couple of weeks ago, eight-year-old Liam Ramsay-Leavitt of Martinez, Calif., was swinging on the monkey bars at school. "And then I just fell on my side," he says. "I was kind of dizzy and I had an ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For thousands of kids across California, tackle football is once again on the chopping block. A Sacramento area assemblyman introduced a new bill this week. If passed, any child under ...

Concussions can occur in any sport, at any level and at any age so here's how to spot one and what steps parents and children should take ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Researchers around the world, including internationally known concussion expert John J. Leddy, MD, clinical professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine in the Jacobs School of ...

An international group of researchers has put together an easy-to-follow guide for parents and coaches to recognize concussions in young athletes and respond appropriately. The journal article is open ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- About 500,000 children per year end up in ERs because of head injury. And about half of them undergo a CT scan. But the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that a third of ...

An Arvada mother backs bill linking youth concussions and mental health after daughter’s death.

While concussions in football, soccer and hockey grab the headlines, a jarring fall or untimely hit to the head occur more often than you think. Even if you don’t play a sport, concussions can occur ...

Blood tests might be able to tell how badly a concussion has rung a person's bell, a new study says. Certain brain-related biomarkers in the blood are associated with how bad a teenager's symptoms ...