Here are the screening tests and immunizations for infants from birth to age two. Consult your doctor to make sure this schedule is appropriate for your baby.

The following is a summary of the preventive health care schedules for children and teenagers. The schedules are mainly for children who do not have special health risks.

If you are the parent of a young child, you may be confused about the safety of immunizations.

By teaching your kids to follow a healthy lifestyle, you can help reduce their risk for heart disease later in life. Although children and teens usually don't show the symptoms of heart disease, the silent buildup of plaque (fatty deposits) can start in childhood and can have a serious impact on their adult life.

Secondhand smoke threatens everyone who inhales it, especially kids. Secondhand smoke is not only smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, but also smoke exhaled by smokers.

High blood pressure has joined type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol on a list of ailments that once struck only adults but now afflict children.

A vaccine can protect babies from rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants.

Until recently, type 2 diabetes was also known as adult-onset diabetes. Now, the adult-onset prefix has been dropped because so many children are developing the condition.

Childhood obesity is more prevalent in the Northeast, followed by the Midwest, South and West. It is also more prevalent in cities than in rural areas.