I have always been a passionate advocate for sickle cell disease prevention, sometimes even prioritizing it over advocating for a cure. I envision a world where no child has to suffer the ...

Two siblings learned that a shopping trip for new phones was actually to buy the old fashion kind, a landline phone. Parker Schultz, 9, and his 10-year-old sister Paisley were really upset. Their ...

Superintendents in four Connecticut districts that implemented cell phone bans over the past few years are seeing improvements in a number of areas. State Rep. Jennifer Leeper D-Fairfield, co-chair of ...

Melanie Sepulveda, a Staten Island teacher, had her doubts about the new “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban in New York schools. In the past, she watched students drift through the hallways at I.S. 27 ...

Co-Host, "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Mornings Plus" Tony Dokoupil is a co-host of "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Mornings Plus." Dokoupil also anchors "The Uplift," a weekly series spotlighting positive and ...

A proposal to assess building a cell phone tower on school property has sparked opposition from parents. Parents have voiced concerns about potential health risks for students at Henry Hudson Regional ...

The much-discussed, much-debated and parentally panned school cell phone ban is a near non-issue for most students through the first few weeks of the school year. Proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and ...

Children with the inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease may face a higher risk of oral health problems; however, many don’t receive necessary care, according to researchers from the University ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — In Greystones, Ireland, kids get their first smartphones when they are 13 years old and are about to enter what we would say is seventh grade. Can parents tell a ...

As kids head back to school, there are steps parents can take to ensure their children remain safe while using cell phones. By the age of eight, one in four children have their own cell phone, while ...

This year, public school, BOCES and magnet school students are expected to stow away their personal devices from the first bell to the last. Suffern Middle School has had a bell-to-bell ban on ...

Consumer advisor Clark Howard highlights a budget-friendly cell phone plan for kids offered by Helium Mobile, costing just $5 per month. The Helium Mobile kids’ plan includes unlimited talk and text, ...