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Experts Say Toxic Chemicals May Be Linked to Childhood Cancer
Incidence rates — the number of cancer cases per 100,000 children — increased 43 percent from 1975 to 2018.
It’s Not Just the Missionaries — There Were 782 Kidnappings in Haiti This Year
While U.S. missionaries and children continue to be held hostage in Haiti, most kidnappings target Haitian citizens.
Food Apartheid Threatens BIPOC Children’s Health. Food Sovereignty Is the Fix.
Food apartheid is just one way that racism enters our babies' bodies.
Parenting Amid Delta Is the Heartbreak That Didn’t Need to Happen
I am so worried about my young daughter that she has begun to worry about me, as COVID's fourth wave rises.
TX Governor Gets Rare COVID Treatment While Banning Mask and Vaccine Mandates
The rest of us can only watch as the danger of infection creeps closer to our children.
I’m a Louisiana Pediatric Surgeon Watching Kids Suffer From COVID. This Is Real.
I wish I could invite those who are resisting anti-COVID measures to spend a day with us at the hospital.
Texas Governor’s Ban on School Mask Mandates Is a “Direct Threat” to Kids
Pediatrician Christina Propst says Gov. Greg Abbott’s order is a purely political decision that ignores science.
We Reopened Too Soon, and Children Are Paying the Price
Delta appears to affect young people more than the other strains. Pediatric hospital beds are steadily filling.
I Want to Start School So I Can Learn to Write Letters to My Dad in Prison
A 6-year-old child dreams of the day her incarcerated father will come home.
More Than 46,000 US Children Have Lost at Least One Parent to COVID
Single parents and guardians have struggled to access basic services for bereaved kids amid the pandemic.