A new app can accurately screen for autism in children by automatically detecting a wide range of behavioral characteristics, researchers say.

Black kids with asthma are less likely to go to the hospital via emergency medical services, a study finds.

Vaping increases the risk of asthma in young people who have never smoked conventional tobacco products, a new study suggests.

Interventions to combat malnutrition should begin much earlier to include children under 6 months old and pregnant mothers, researchers say.

A new study led by Cambridge University confirms that planting hedges between roadsides and school playgrounds can dramatically reduce children’s exposure to

Reports of increasing suicidal behaviors in kids may be due to changes in screening and reporting, a study in one state suggests.

Efforts to curb bullying of kids with disabilities should not take a one-size-fits-all approach, researchers say.

Lead in children's blood underscores the negative health effects of policies stemming from systemic racism.

About 460,000 children in the US moved in with grandparents in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers report.

A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is one of the fastest-growing states. It includes popular Lake Coeur d’Alene.