Scientists estimate that trillions of bacteria and viruses -- commonly called germs -- are all around us, on nearly ...

Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the ...

Parents and clinicians are urged to review usage of certain health products for young children after federal authorities ...

While gut bacteria play an essential (if not always socially tactful) role in human nutrition, a wealth of recent research ...

In 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armée marched into Russia with more than 600,000 soldiers, only to be decimated not just by battle ...

The Food and Drug Administration is restricting the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth ...

Kids today consume far more sugar than recommended, but the effects don’t stop in childhood. New research reveals surprising ways early sugar exposure shapes long-term health. It's not just candy.

Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs ...

Yewande Oluwole, 5, and her sister Jadesola, 3, love astronomy and can name every planet—even the dwarf planets. But peering through a refracting telescope at a tree branch on the University of ...

Everyone is a leader. Sometimes formally: as a small business owner, or boss, or parent (even though you might not think of parenting as leadership, it is.) Other times, informally: by mentoring ...

Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know. No lightsaber ever came to be, but I’ve been teaching undergraduates ...