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October 17, 2016

5 in 6 infants undernourished, risk irreversible mental and physical damage, UN says

Five in six children under two years old in developing countries are not getting enough of the right kinds of food, putting them at risk of irreversible mental and physical damage, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Friday.

October 17, 2016

Bad eating habits can start in daycare

Some daycare centers may find "clean plate club" policies hard to resist, even though working too hard to control what kids eat can backfire and make them more likely to gain weight, a recent study suggests.

October 17, 2016

Fast food choices influence kids' soda and calorie consumption

Children who order a combination meal at fast-food restaurants are more likely to get a sugary drink that ups the meal's total calories, according to a new study.

October 14, 2016

Mosquito expert: Washington downplaying Zika virus threat to US

As the number of birth defects linked to a mosquito-borne virus surpasses 4,000 in Brazil, and scientists scramble to create a vaccine to protect against the untreatable disease, public health officials are bracing themselves for a potential outbreak in the United States. The threat has some advocacy groups pushing for tighter health screenings among travelers and immigrants from Zika-afflicted countries, while public health officials and tropical disease experts argue preparing to fight the Aedes aegypti, an insect that doesn鈥檛 respond to common pesticide, is more pressing.

October 14, 2016

Mothers donate breast milk for baby of slain police officer

On Saturday, a California police officer was shot and killed when responding to a domestic disturbance call.

October 14, 2016

Why parents are stressed out by their own smartphones

Parents searching for elusive work-life balance may see smartphones and tablets as a way to escape the office in time to be home for dinner each night, but these gadgets can also be a huge distraction and source of stress, a recent study suggests.

October 14, 2016

Teens with celiac disease may be smaller than peers

Girls diagnosed with celiac disease tend to be slightly shorter than their peers and boys to be underweight, but the size differences are not significant or concerning, Israeli researchers say.

October 14, 2016

Absent parent tied to smoking and drinking before adolescence

Kids that have an absent parent may be more likely than other children to start drinking and smoking before they reach their teens, a U.K. study suggests.

October 14, 2016

An accidental shooting kills a child every other day

Hours earlier, he was a happy 4-year-old who loved Ironman and the Hulk and all the Avengers.

October 13, 2016

World's deadliest mushroom may have killed 3-year-old

Twenty years ago, residents of British Columbia in northwestern Canada didn't have to worry about the deadliest mushroom in the world.