When states reduce barriers for low-income children to get coverage, their mothers are more likely to be married and less likely to smoke.

Children don’t have to be in physical danger for disaster images to have a powerful psychological impact.

The Centers for Disease Control has announced a new, stricter standard for lead poisoning in children, which will more than double the number of kids considered to have high blood lead levels.

What kind of evidence does it require to get a widely used chemical banned? A professor of medicine and former state regulator explains how the case for chlorpyrifos as a threat to public health developed.

Each state has its own rules for which vaccines kids must have to attend school and the reasons students can opt out.

President Biden has proposed spending $45 billion to replace every lead water pipe and service line in the nation. A public health expert explains why he sees this as a worthwhile investment.

Scientists issued an urgent call for better federal regulation of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Here's why.

Reports from baby food companies show questionable levels of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals. Here's what parents need to know.

Baby foods with rice or root vegetables, like carrots and sweet potatoes, had some of the highest levels, but they weren’t the only ones.