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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

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 for children? featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Why follow a vaccine schedule for children?

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

Think hard before shaming children featured image

Child & Teen Health

Think hard before shaming children

What parents need to know about a vegan diet featured image

Nutrition

What parents need to know about a vegan diet

How to help your baby through shots and blood tests featured image

Child & Teen Health

How to help your baby through shots and blood tests

A low-tech school vacation: Keeping kids busy and happy without screens featured image

Child & Teen Health

A low-tech school vacation: Keeping kids busy and happy without screens

Weight loss surgery for children and teens struggling with obesity featured image

Child & Teen Health

Weight loss surgery for children and teens struggling with obesity

How to talk to children about the serious illness of a loved one featured image

Parenting

How to talk to children about the serious illness of a loved one

Think your child has ADHD? What your pediatrician can — and should — do featured image

Child & Teen Health

Think your child has ADHD? What your pediatrician can — and should — do

Which is better for reading to your toddler: Print or ebooks? featured image

Child & Teen Health

Which is better for reading to your toddler: Print or ebooks?

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