When Depression Hits, Teens Find Help
A Bay Area teenager struggling with depression shares her experience, while a social worker and young multimedia producer discuss their work helping teens cope with the illness.
Children's Health
Lessons From Rubella Suggest Zika's Impact Could Linger
Forty-seven years after a vaccine against rubella was created, the virus still harms about 300 newborns every day, worldwide. Even a cheap vaccine can be a financial burden for poorer countries.
Baltimore Struggles To Protect Children From Lead Paint
Despite the attention to lead in water, the biggest health risk to children is still from lead paint. The city of Baltimore banned lead paint way back in 1950, but children continue to be poisoned.
A Young Man With A Disability Goes Missing. How Do You Find Him?
Zachary Briley's family found out that even though he was developmentally disabled, his disappearance was not classified as an emergency. Laws that protect adults' rights can make searches difficult.
2 Breakfasts May Be Better Than None For School Kids
A study looked at students who ate breakfast at school versus those who ate at home, at both places, or not at all. One of these groups had a higher risk of obesity, and it's not the one you'd think.
Syrian Refugee Kids Were Told To Draw Whatever They Wanted
Children may not be able to put their emotions into words, says psychologist Vittoria Ardino. But give them crayons and they can reveal their feelings in pictures.
Before Flint, Lead-Contaminated Water Plagued Schools Across U.S.
Schools all over the country, not just Michigan, have struggled to eliminate lead from water fountains and cafeterias — some for more than a decade.
The Poignant Cry Of Babies With Birth Defects Linked to Zika
The "new microcephaly." That's what doctors in Brazil are calling the birth defect believed to be caused by the Zika virus because it seems much worse than cases that have occurred for other reasons.
No-Drill Dentistry: Fluoride Treatments Can Prevent Cavities In Adults
If the whir of a drill as it bores into a molar terrifies you, we have some good news. Dentists have better ways to prevent cavities in adults with fluoride treatments most commonly used on kids.
The Strange And Surprising Debate Over How To Help A Malnourished Kid
A 1974 report emphasized vitamins and minerals for malnourished kids, not protein. That was a game-changer. A new study asserts that protein is just as vital.