For kids and teenagers, what does it mean to be “healthy”? It’s a loaded question as research findings, our habits and our living environments keep shifting and evolving. According to medical experts, ...

As principal of Dunaire Elementary School, Sean Deas has seen firsthand the struggles faced by children living in extended-stay hotels. About 10% of students at his school, just east of Atlanta, live ...

American kids are no longer routinely being recommended shots against hepatitis A, meningitis, rotavirus and the flu.

Phrasing is "anything but objective," former Journal of the American Medical Association deputy editor says. Harvard-led ...

Packed with protein, calcium, and gut-friendly probiotics, yogurt is a healthy food many parents want their kids to eat. Marketers know that, offering yogurts that appeal directly to kids, with ...

Two families from Long Grove say their children have been suffering from health problems for years. They believe the cause is rooted in their kids' public school. Scarlett Strezewski, 13, says she ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

Children are nearly three-quarters (71%) more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of five and 18, if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity during their first ...

Many of the 81% of students not screened for vision problems were likely unable to focus on the classroom whiteboard in the ...

The Trump administration released a report Tuesday outlining a broad strategy to improve children's health. It calls for a wide range of executive actions and policy reforms aimed at tackling a rise ...

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis call or text 988 to the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7. Niko Collier wrote a suicide note after his father’s ...