Kids traveling abroad need measles vaccine

Measles is rare in the United States, in fact, the ongoing transmission of the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But a new report from the CDC suggests that measles may be on the rise in this country, because it can be brought in by people who travel to other countries.

As of April 1, 48 people have been infected with measles in the United States. In the first two months of 2011 alone, 13 were "imported measles cases" – which means the disease was brought in from abroad or associated with an internationally imported case. Seven of those infected were unvaccinated children between the ages of 6 and 23 months.

Kids' CT scans increase fivefold

The number of children getting computed tomography, or CT scans when visiting an emergency room increased fivefold over a 14-year period according to a new study in the journal Radiology.

The study analyzed data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey between 1995 and 2008 and looked at more than 7,300 emergency room visits a year. Researchers say during that time ER visits that included at CT exam increased from approximately 330,000 to 1.65 million visits