Since nutrition standards were strengthened in 2010, eating at school provides many students better diet quality compared with other major U.S. food sources.
Fatalities from gun homicides, suicides and accidents are all up for Americans ages 18 and under.
The health coverage program’s enrollment soared during the three years after March 2020 due to temporary policies adopted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The latest findings add to the understanding of how social disadvantage such as poverty and low-quality, unsafe housing can affect early child development.
A healthy diet can include some candy. But if you eat too much, it can interfere with your appetite for the stuff your body actually needs.
It will cost tens of billions of dollars to find and remove all the lead service lines that deliver water to US homes and schools. A public health expert explains why he sees it as money well spent.
Malaria is one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases. So why has it taken so long to get a vaccine?
Some face masks now come with a coating of graphene, a substance that can kill microbes. Is it safe to breathe it in?
Why we should free children from the deadening tyranny of being driven everywhere.
Inspired by amber and hard candy, researchers figured out a new, needle-free, shelf-stable way to preserve vaccines, making them easier to ship and administer around the world.
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