Many parents think that drinking at home is a safe way to teach teenagers about alcohol, but research suggests this is not true.

New research provides new insight into how the immune system is shaped in early life—and why urban children are more prone to allergies.

The US eliminated measles in 2000, but the number of cases at home and abroad has experts worried.

Dating back centuries, a legal principle declares certain natural resources must be protected by the government for present and future generations to benefit from.

Preventing verbal abuse is essential for healthy brain development and lifelong wellbeing.

Rates of the bacterial infection have gone up by 500% since last year, with babies and young children most at risk.

Fewer people in Detroit are experiencing homelessness – but more kids are. Of those kids, a growing number have no safe place to sleep inside.

Children exposed to higher ozone levels early in life are more likely to develop asthma, according to new research.

Researchers have found that behavior at 9 months old can indicate the likelihood that a 1 year old will be at risk for autism.

Adolescents who sleep for longer – and from an earlier bedtime – than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests,