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Terrell Harris spent two years in prison on a drug charge when his son was a toddler.Now, he worries about the effects of that absence.“I’ve noticed a…
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Sixteen years ago, city and school officials in San Francisco came together with dentists to figure out how to improve oral health in students. The…
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Parents have to weigh a lot of factors in deciding whether their kid should get a sick day. But day care centers may make the decision for you — and their rules are not always evidence based.
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With more states legalizing recreational marijuana, parents are facing the question of whether they should smoke pot around their children. "I have never…
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On any given day, pediatrician Lindsay Irvin estimates a quarter of her patients need psychiatric help. She sees teens who say they are suicidal, and…
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Teenagers as young as 13 all too often play an active role in feeding their families, many taking jobs when they can or selling their possessions to help…
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It was a busy summer for environmental safety workers at the school district in Rochester, New York, where employees sampled over 2,000 school water…
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A national survey of pediatricians shows the percentage of doctors unwilling to treat patients who don’t vaccinate their kids for nonmedical reasons has…
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One in five Americans is estimated to have a mental health condition at any given time. But getting treatment remains difficult — and it’s worse for…
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At 10 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, a line of parents pushing strollers filed into a conference room at the Sacramento County Courthouse. They sat at rows…