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More than 2 million middle- and high-school students tried e-cigarettes in 2016. (Photo: Pixabay)

Use of non-cigarette tobacco products tied to teen smoking

More than 2 million middle- and high-school students tried e-cigarettes in 2016.

5 Jan 2018 7:23 AM

White and Asian American children had significantly lower rates of obesity than kids of other racial and ethnic groups. (Photo: Pixabay)

US childhood obesity rates rising again

Parents can create a bastion of protection for children in the home, by keeping junk foods out.

28 Feb 2018 3:36 PM

Vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of the potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in Seattle. The US federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. (AP File)

US states told to be ready for vaccine distribution by November 1

The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a vaccine approval driven by political considerations...

3 Sept 2020 3:32 AM

Just over 90 percent of schools had anti-harassment policies by 2014, up from 88 percent in 2010. (Photo:Pixabay)

More US schools offering safe spaces for LGBTQ youth

LGBTQ youths have disproportionately higher risk in physical and mental health than their straight peers.

10 March 2018 10:46 AM

The rate of preterm births was twice as high in the small group of soldiers who had recently returned from deployment when they delivered. (Photo: Pixabay)

Recent return from deployment tied to preterm births for military...

It's likely that many women on active duty didn't realize they were pregnant or receive prenatal care early in their...

3 March 2018 5:47 AM

Kids need to know that someones got their back, and unfortunately, many of them do not. (Photo: Pixabay)

How parents behave is linked to suicide risk: research

Children who said their parents rarely or never told them they were proud of them were more likely to have suicidal...

6 Dec 2017 9:04 AM