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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.

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Why pregnant and nursing mothers shouldn’t smoke marijuana featured image

Child & Teen Health

Why pregnant and nursing mothers shouldn’t smoke marijuana

Meningitis vaccines: What parents need to know featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Meningitis vaccines: What parents need to know

Can cell phone use cause ADHD? featured image

Child & Teen Health

Can cell phone use cause ADHD?

Common food additives and chemicals harmful to children featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Common food additives and chemicals harmful to children

Warning signs of a concussion featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Warning signs of a concussion

5 habits for moms that help prevent childhood obesity featured image

Child & Teen Health

5 habits for moms that help prevent childhood obesity

How to treat a child’s sunburn featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

How to treat a child’s sunburn

Teens are getting less sleep, which raises heart disease risk featured image

Child & Teen Health

Teens are getting less sleep, which raises heart disease risk

Separating children and parents at the border causes lifelong damage featured image

Child & Teen Health

Separating children and parents at the border causes lifelong damage

Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know featured image

Child & Teen Health

Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know

Secondhand marijuana smoke and kids featured image

Child & Teen Health

Secondhand marijuana smoke and kids

Teething-pain remedy dangers featured image

Child & Teen Health

Teething-pain remedy dangers

6 reasons children need to play outside featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

6 reasons children need to play outside

4 things to know about ticks and Lyme featured image

Child & Teen Health

4 things to know about ticks and Lyme

Do we need to take tackling out of youth football? featured image

Child & Teen Health

Do we need to take tackling out of youth football?

Why we all really need Screen-Free Week this year featured image

Child & Teen Health

Why we all really need Screen-Free Week this year

3 ways to help get more children immunized featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

3 ways to help get more children immunized

A tired child? What you should know featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

A tired child? What you should know

Giving antacids and antibiotics to babies can lead to allergies featured image

Child & Teen Health

Giving antacids and antibiotics to babies can lead to allergies

Why we shouldn't demonize formula feeding featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Why we shouldn't demonize formula feeding

Good news: Fewer teens are being bullied featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Good news: Fewer teens are being bullied

Does your child need a tonsillectomy? featured image

Child & Teen Health

Does your child need a tonsillectomy?

In children and teens, depression doesn’t always look like sadness featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

In children and teens, depression doesn’t always look like sadness

Scary news about childhood obesity featured image

Child & Teen Health

Scary news about childhood obesity

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