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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.

Posts by Claire McCarthy, MD

Defusing the “Benadryl challenge”: Discussing danger with teens featured image

Child & Teen Health

Defusing the “Benadryl challenge”: Discussing danger with teens
Keeping your family safe this Thanksgiving featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Keeping your family safe this Thanksgiving
Beyond trick-or-treating: Safe Halloween fun during the COVID-19 pandemic featured image

Child & Teen Health

Beyond trick-or-treating: Safe Halloween fun during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cultivating joy as a family featured image

Child & Teen Health

Cultivating joy as a family
As family well-being declines, so does children’s behavior featured image

Child & Teen Health

As family well-being declines, so does children’s behavior
Sick child this school year? Planning for the inevitable during a pandemic featured image

COVID-19

Sick child this school year? Planning for the inevitable during a pandemic
Managing the new normal: Actively help your family weather the pandemic featured image

Child & Teen Health

Managing the new normal: Actively help your family weather the pandemic
How to help your child get the sleep they need featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

How to help your child get the sleep they need
School, camp, daycare, and sports physicals: What to do in the time of COVID-19 featured image

Child & Teen Health

School, camp, daycare, and sports physicals: What to do in the time of COVID-19
Youth sports during COVID-19: What parents need to know and do featured image

Child & Teen Health

Youth sports during COVID-19: What parents need to know and do
How to make the most of your child’s telehealth visit featured image

Child & Teen Health

How to make the most of your child’s telehealth visit
How to help your young child cope with the pandemic featured image

Child & Teen Health

How to help your young child cope with the pandemic
Study gives insight — and advice — on picky eating in children featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Study gives insight — and advice — on picky eating in children
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — what parents need to know featured image

Child & Teen Health

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — what parents need to know
Think your baby is allergic to cow’s milk? featured image

Child & Teen Health

Think your baby is allergic to cow’s milk?
7 tips for going outside safely with your children during the COVID-19 pandemic featured image

Child & Teen Health

7 tips for going outside safely with your children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Keeping teens home and away from friends during COVID-19 featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Keeping teens home and away from friends during COVID-19
Not a staycation: Isolating at home affects our mental health (and what to do) featured image

Child & Teen Health

Not a staycation: Isolating at home affects our mental health (and what to do)
Is it safe to see the pediatrician for vaccines and medical visits? featured image

Child & Teen Health

Is it safe to see the pediatrician for vaccines and medical visits?
Why follow a vaccine schedule? featured image

Vaccinations

Why follow a vaccine schedule?
What one study from China tells us about COVID-19 and children featured image

Infectious diseases

What one study from China tells us about COVID-19 and children
Peanut allergy: A new medicine for children may offer protection featured image

Child & Teen Health

Peanut allergy: A new medicine for children may offer protection
When is a heavy period too heavy? featured image

Child & Teen Health

When is a heavy period too heavy?
Coronavirus: What parents should know and do featured image

Child & Teen Health

Coronavirus: What parents should know and do
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