One study suggested that Tennessee’s children have been prescribed antibiotics for illnesses that don’t necessarily require them.

A “supermajority” of young Americans across the political spectrum feel distressed about human-made climate change and want ...

A year ago today, WA's youth detention system reached what was meant to be its lowest point — a child's death in custody.

A new study released shows climate change is having a negative impact on a large portion of young adults’ mental health. It ...

Scientists investigating long COVID in youth found similar but distinguishable patterns between school-age children (ages 6-11 years) and adolescents (ages 12-17 years) and identified their most ...

Phone apps can tell whether your kid is playing hooky. But remotely surveilling your child might not be great for navigating ...

I will never forget my first time doing street outreach. There was a group of maybe 12, 13-year-olds, and they were on the street, and they were cooking up fentanyl,” a nonprofit leader in Montgomery ...

A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders like PTSD, anxiety, or depression after experiencing a traumatic event.

However, the study found use of nicotine pouches, a more discrete tobacco product, are increasing, and they face less ...

MASLD in pediatric obesity was linked to an increased risk for youth-onset type 2 diabetes, especially in the presence of ...

Adolescents with type 2 diabetes have a higher incidence of complications than adults with type 2 diabetes or adolescents with type 1 diabetes.