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U.S. health officials say fatal car crashes involving teen drivers fell by about a third over five years. The number of teen deaths dropped dramatically from about 2,200 in 2004 to 1,400 in 2008.
Bluntly acknowledging the challenges faced by many adoptive families, a coalition of child welfare and adoption groups is appealing for a national reappraisal of how best to provide sustained, effective support and keep grim outcomes to a minimum.
Rates of teenage pregnancy in the United States, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are again showing a decline. But researchers are wary of considering the news all positive.
About two million Graco strollers are being recalled because of risks of strangulation and entrapment, announced the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday.
This is the third in a six-part MyHealthNewsDaily series examining the problems and solutions related to six “winnable battles” in public health, as recently announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Some of the very chemicals that Congress banned from children’s toys and child care products in 2009 are found in flooring and wallpaper products sold across the U.S., a new report claims.
While our hunter-gatherer ancestors may not have been big on dental hygiene, they did get it right when it came to raising well-adjusted, empathetic kids, according to new studies.
A $4 rubber bracelet meant to raise awareness of breast cancer — which carries the message “I (heart) boobies” —is running afoul of school administrators.
Kids should embrace, rather than dread, tests. That’s because those those who use quizzes as a way to study recall the information more easily, according to a new study. rather then dread – tests. That’s because who test themselves while studying under…
A look at how bullying the idea of “victim” and “aggressor” is turned on its head. What do we do when the accused bullies are suddenly tormented, by parents, vigilantes, and the public? Why is it politically incorrect to feel sorry for the aggr…
About 1 in 5 teens in the United States suffer from a mental disorder severe enough to their impact daily activities, according to a startling new study.
As the overall number of international adoptions by Americans plummets, one country — Ethiopia — is emphatically bucking the trend, sending record numbers of children to the U.S. while winning praise for improving orphans’ prospects at home.
Subtle moves, like hiding chocolate milk behind plain milk and displaying fruit in pretty baskets, can entice kids to make healthier choices in school lunch lines, studies show. So the USDA is hiring food behavior scientists to help improve kids’s use of the federal school lunch program.
The Supreme Court is trying to sort out whether drug companies can be sued for claims of serious side effects from childhood vaccines without driving vaccine makers from the market and risking a public health crisis.