Hellen Etiman, a Kenyan pastoralist, believed her severely malnourished son would soon recover after starting a course of ...

As a pediatrician, I know that some of the most transformative gifts for young children don’t require batteries or assembly.

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L.A. County's local preschools are closing in areas where transitional kindergarten is thriving, disrupting an already ...

Big school’ can sound grown up. But if a child is anxious about starting school, it can make the change loom larger in their minds.

Under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials have changed guidance on hepatitis B vaccines, ...

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A growing contingent of public school parents say school-mandated iPads, particularly in elementary and middle schools, are ...

It’s been barely a week since the tragic shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C., which an ...

The ritual of bedtime reading is much more than just a routine: it's a moment of complicity, gentleness and discovery. Did ...