Just over half of the children born in 2020 will face unprecedented exposure to heatwaves over their lifetime — even under a conservative projection for how climate change will unfold over the next 75 ...

Brushes with death can have lasting effects, but very few studies bother to ask children about them.

The Standards define the academic goals that your children should—and can—achieve and the characteristics of the educational system that give them their best opportunity to do so. Any plan involving ...

Melatonin is now widely used to help children sleep, but scientists say the enthusiasm may be getting ahead of the evidence. A major review found clear benefits for children with conditions like ...

Celebrate the Children's Hospital Los Angeles 125th anniversary! Discover a century of pediatric medicine advances and ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American How a local program is changing the way ...

"Don't give him too much sugar or he will become unmanageable!" How many times have you heard this phrase at a birthday party or during a snack? The link between sugar and hyperactivity in children is ...