After 22 months of relentless bombardment, mass displacement and loss, every child in Gaza craves peace and stability. Here's ...

Schools and parents turn to the courts far too often for kids who need behavioral resources and educational support, ...

The catastrophic flooding that swept through central Texas on the Fourth of July has the grim distinction of being one of the ...

After recent shootings, Columbus parents call for increased safety measures and enforcement of curfews to curb youth violence ...

Sudan’s brutal civil war is pushing more children towards the brink of starvation, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported ...

BOSTON — A pediatric ophthalmologist at Mass General for Children is sharing advice on managing children's vision health. Dr. Melanie Kazlas says it is crucial to assess vision early in life as ...

San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas said parishioners who have a "genuine fear" over immigration raids were dispensed from ...

Mass. has long collected federal benefits meant for ... Children who qualify because of a disability are unable to save up the 10 percent that is kept for them because they only remain ...

Body mass index z-scores, also called BMI standard deviation (s.d.) scores, are measures of relative weight adjusted for child age and sex.Given a child's age, sex, BMI, and an appropriate ...

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) correlate with cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in childhood which track into adulthood. WC provides a measure of central obesity, which has been ...