Vaccines protect babies and children from potentially life-threatening diseases. Widespread childhood vaccination has reduced or eliminated deadly diseases like polio and smallpox. Vaccines currently ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss Like Max and Madeline, this boy and girl keep faith with ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers have studied placental genes to explore how Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) affects a child's development. Differences showed up between pregnancies from ...

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See what the children of your favourite celebrity couples are getting up to. We share the cutest family snaps of celebrity children and babies that are fast becoming famous in their own right.

Child-only health insurance is health insurance that only covers children. The best child-only policies are usually through Medicaid or CHIP, since they offer free and low-cost plans. There are many ...

There is nothing more terrifying than the thought of losing track of a child, and this fear can be even more worrisome during the holiday season in crowded department stores, groceries ...

Parents always look to do everything in their ability to secure the future of their children, with education playing a crucial role in it. In order to save for their child's higher education in a ...

Jo Case, The Conversation It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their ...

I’m always uncomfortable nominating just one book as my book of the year, but if I had to then it would probably be Percival Everett’s James (Mantle, 320pp, $34.99). A retelling of Mark Twain’s ...