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Claire McCarthy, MD
Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
Claire McCarthy, MD, is a primary care pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. In addition to being a senior faculty editor for Harvard Health Publishing, Dr. McCarthy writes about health and parenting for Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston.com, and the Huffington Post.
Twitter: @drClaire
Posts by Claire McCarthy, MD
Children's Health
More than half of today’s children will be obese adults
Children's Health
7 ways to prevent holiday stress — for your children
Children's Health
App helps parents track and encourage their child’s development
Children's Health
Using social media to help parents get vaccine questions answered
Children's Health
Why parents should save their baby’s cord blood — and give it away
Children's Health
What parents should know — and do — about young children and mobile devices
Children's Health
The best thing you can do to keep your child safe from bullying
Children's Health
Talking to children about tragedies in the news
Children's Health
Why parents should use responsive feeding with their babies
Staying Healthy
4 ways to help your child get enough sleep
Children's Health
What parents should know about tattoos
Children's Health
How smart are you about car seats?
Diseases & Conditions
10 things parents should know about flu shots
Children's Health
3 things parents should know about complementary and alternative medicine
Claire McCarthy, MD
How we can all help protect babies with immunizations
Children's Health
7 tips to help your child start school for the first time
Children's Health
When to worry about your child’s fever
Children's Health
6 ways to keep your child safe this summer
Staying Healthy
Think your child has a penicillin allergy? Maybe not.
Children's Health
4 ways to avoid mistakes with liquid medicines
Children's Health
Asking saves lives: A simple question can keep children safe from gun injury
Children's Health
Resilience: A skill your child really needs to learn (and what you can do to help)
Children's Health
Room sharing with your baby may help prevent SIDS—but it means everyone gets less sleep
Children's Health