Nemours KidsHealth® (KidsHealth.org) launched in 1995 as the first website completely devoted to children's health and parenting. In 2025 — and more than 6.4 billion visits later — it’s regarded as the largest and most reliable source for pediatric health information in the world.
For 30 years, parents, kids, teens, educators, and health care providers have turned to us for knowledge, perspective, advice, and comfort. Our doctor-approved, easy-to-understand content educates, motivates, and inspires families toward better health.
Take a look at our timeline below to see where we’ve been — and where we’re going. The best is yet to come!
KidsHealth Through the Years
1995: KidsHealth® is founded by Dr. Neil Izenberg. After a year of development, KidsHealth.org launches, becoming one of the first health websites, and the very first devoted to children's health and parenting. At the time, there were only about 25,000 websites worldwide.
Since then, KidsHealth articles, videos, animations, print publications, and health instructions have had more than 6 billion visits.
1997: KidsHealth.org and the American Medical Association (AMA) announce the launch of a national partnership, KidsHealth at the AMA. This is the first of many KidsHealth collaborations with leading organizations.
1999: TeensHealth.org launches, providing honest, accurate, and straight-talking information about health, emotions, and life. Today, this award-winning site provides teens with information on growing up and puberty, sexual health, how to manage their health and medical care, and more.
2001: KidsHealth begins licensing and distributing educational content to organizations across the country. Today, KidsHealth partners with 70 children's hospitals, and more than 200 community hospitals, health systems, payers, nonprofits, and others to provide trusted education for their patients and families. Also in 2001, KidsHealth launched its first collection of content En Espanol. To date, there are more than 4,000 articles, animations, movies, and more on KidsHealth.org para padres, adolescentes, y niños.
2002: KidsHealth Guide for Parents: Pregnancy to Age 5 (Contemporary), a comprehensive and user-friendly book for parents, is published. Among the many print publications from KidsHealth: FitKids: A Practical Guide to Raising Active and Healthy Children — From Birth to Teens (Dorling Kindersley), First Aid Tips for Parents (Baby's First Book Club), and Human Diseases and Conditions Encyclopedia (Scribner).
2003: KidsHealth launches the KidsHealth® KidsPoll, national surveys that give kids a voice about issues that affect them. Thousands of kids are surveyed online, at health and science centers, including at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and in classrooms with partners such as TIME For Kids. Over the years, KidsHealth has surveyed parents, kids, teens, and educators to better understand their knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about a variety of issues.
2004: KidsHealth is named to Time magazine's 50 Best Websites list. Among the many other accolades for KidsHealth.org: U.S. News & World Report's 30 Best Sites on the Web, ClearMark Award of Distinction, Healthcare Internet Hall of Fame, and Good Housekeeping's Best Family Health for Parents & Teens.
2005: KidsHealth partners with General Mills to bring positive parenting messages to the breakfast table on 100 million boxes of Cheerios. KidsHealth provides practical tips for parents on how to get kids to eat right, be active, and be ready for life.
In addition, KidsHealth wins the first of four Webby Awards for Best Family/Parenting Website and Best Health Website. Founder Neil Izenberg's five-word acceptance speech: "Sphenopalatineganglioneuralgia means ice cream headache!"
2006: KidsHealth in the Classroom launches with free health resources for preK–12 teachers, aligned to National Health Education Standards. Today, this award-winning site has more than 200 teacher's guides, including classroom activities, handouts, quizzes, and more. Millions of lesson plans have been downloaded to date.
2007: KidsHealth partners with Sesame Workshop, the creators of Sesame Street, to develop the Healthy Habits for Life resource kit for early-education providers. To date, the program has reached 5,000 childcare providers and 4.5 million families, who received a tailored version of the kit through the USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Early-education providers can download the Healthy Habits for Life resources via KidsHealth in the Classroom.
2008: KidsHealth begins national distribution of hundreds of award-winning video programs designed to help families better understand and master complex health conditions — and to provide support and inspiration to children. Today, the KidsHealth Condition-Specific Video Library has more than 400 network-quality programs produced in English and Spanish that tell compelling stories about children’s health and address issues of concern to parents.
2010: KidsHealth celebrates its 1 billionth visit and began its partnership with NBA Cares to promote health and fitness to families through the NBA FIT program. This multiyear campaign included outreach to tens of thousands of students and educators who got up and active in an NBA FIT program that ran in 100 New York City public schools during NBA All-Star Week!
Also in 2010, KidsHealth kicks-off its long-standing partnership with the Michael Phelps Foundation for its IM Program, providing lesson plans and activities on nutrition, fitness, and mental health for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Special Olympics teams across the world.
2011: KidsHealth develops the mobile app Is It Contagious? This free app provides instant information and photo-realistic images for more than 85 common infections and other conditions in kids and teens.
That same year, KidsHealth founder Dr. Neil Izenberg is one of 25 invited participants at the Women's Online Summit at the White House. President Barack Obama shared his perspective on important issues facing families.
2012: KidsHealth launches its mobile website, m.kidshealth.org. Today, mobile traffic accounts for more than 75% of KidsHealth traffic, making health information more accessible for parents on the go.
2013: KidsHealth launches partnerships with Epic and Cerner, major electronic health record (EHR) software vendors. These partnerships provide pediatric patient care instructions within the EHR for clinicians to use upon discharge from a care facility. KidsHealth is the first organization to offer care instructions created exclusively for pediatric patients.
2014: At the Clinton Global Initiative, KidsHealth founder Dr. Neil Izenberg discusses how KidsHealth.org supports and engages families during the critical first years of life.
This year KidsHealth also receives Emmy nominations for children's programming ("Chloe and Nurb") and personal stories ("Little Person, Big Life"). These awards add to the scores of national — and international — juried awards received through the years.
2016: KidsHealth partners with WebMD (now known as WebMD Ignite) as a reseller partner for KidsHealth’s Condition-Specific Video and Care Instructions products. The collaboration enabled KidsHealth to continue its journey to syndicate trusted, high-quality health information to hundreds of community hospitals, solidifying its position as a leading provider of children's health education.
2019: Sidra Health joined forces with KidsHealth (through WebMD), becoming the first partner in the Middle East to syndicate the KidsHealth Patient Instructions library. This landmark collaboration marked a significant milestone in expanding access to trusted, high-quality health information for families in Qatar and across the region.
2020: Humana partners with KidsHealth to provide its members with trusted pediatric education through the Online, Care Instructions, and Video Content libraries. This strategic collaboration adds to KidsHealth’s existing network of payer partnerships that includes CVS Health/Aetna to serve Medicaid families across multiple states.
2022: KidsHealth and Nemours Children’s Health enhance our existing partnership with the Michael Phelps Foundation to create an award-winning, 4-part parenting video series, "Raising Resilient Kids." This series features gold medalist Michael Phelps and his wife Nicole Phelps alongside psychologists Meghan Walls, PsyD, and Roger Harrison, PhD. The videos share practical advice for families on common parenting concerns and social-emotional health. The series received a silver award for the 2022 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards.
2023: The White House Conference on Nutrition and Hunger partnered with Nemours KidsHealth to develop a comprehensive suite of pediatric educational resources, aiming to empower and uplift communities through improved health knowledge and awareness.
2024: KidsHealth wins Telly Awards for two new patient education videos: "What is Sickle Cell Disease?" and "90-Second Summary: Pharmacogenetics." The Telly Awards recognize excellence in the television and video industry from around the world. From 2022 to date, KidsHealth has been honored with 14 Telly Awards.
2025: KidsHealth.org celebrates its 30th anniversary!
We are so thankful to the countless parents, caregivers, teens, kids, teachers, and clinicians who have used our content (articles, videos, illustrations, lesson plans, and activities). If KidsHealth has helped you, we’d love to hear about it!
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