Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest ...

For the most part, swimming at the lake is safe, healthy, summer fun. Here are some top risks and how to avoid them.

"I will not say that this woman was the worst woman who ever lived, because I have not seen all of the bad women of my own time," Lucy Colman writes in her 1891 memoir. Colman, a teacher, freethinker, ...

Many headaches in children may be caused by tight muscles and dilated blood vessels in the head. Other headaches may be caused by an actual problem, such as a tumor or malformation of the brain, ...

In a new study published and featured in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, researchers have discovered that ...

Most of those calls involve children under 5 picking or eating a mushroom that could be poisonous. From April through June, the Minnesota Regional Poison Center says it has received 66 calls for ...

Here’s how to tell the difference between mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums by their bites and how to treat and prevent ...

Researchers found 96 chemicals in toddlers—many unregulated, all absorbed through everyday life. Childhood, it turns out, is ...

Groundbreaking new research from Princeton University and the Simons Foundation has pinpointed four distinct subtypes of ...

Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to ...

A new study shows that the health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to ...

Many people, including children and teens, turn to social media for entertainment, news and connection with others. Nearly half of teens interviewed in a recent survey say they use the internet ...