Josh Barro, The New York Times According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy at birth in the United States was 78.8 years in 2013 — 76.4 years for men, 81.2 years for women. But I have […]
Maggie Fox, NBC News Obese kids as young as 8 years old already have dangerous damage to their hearts, researchers reported on Tuesday. Imaging scans of their hearts show a thickening of the muscle — a sign of strain that […]
Ruchika Tulshyan, Forbes Offering paid maternity and paternity leave is one part of advancing women at work. The larger challenge is to make it culturally acceptable–to not penalize employees– for taking it. Amazon just announced a monumental shift in its […]
Carina Storrs, CNN Food companies have been increasing their advertising to children for chips and other junk foods, even as marketing of healthy snacks such as yogurt has not kept pace, according to a report released on Monday. About 40% […]
Stefanie Brown, TIME Children in foster care are often among the most vulnerable members of society. But new research suggests that this group might be even more fragile than we knew. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Susan Svrluga, Washington Post A shooting Thursday night at Tennessee State University in Nashville left a 19-year-old man dead and sent three 18-year-old students to the hospital, police said. It was the second shooting near the campus this month.After a […]
Astrid Zwynert, Reuters The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) on Monday launched a $2.8 million appeal to help children affected by a typhoon that tore across the northern Philippines over the weekend, forcing thousands from their homes. At least nine […]
Fiona Ortiz, Huffington Post Texas officials do not have to make it easier for undocumented immigrants to get birth certificates for their children born in the state while a legal challenge proceeds in court, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District […]
Michael Harthorne, Newser A 75-year-old veteran used his Army knife-fight training to stop a man armed with two hunting knives from going after a roomful of children Tuesday at an Illinois public library, the Pekin Daily Times reports. Sixteen children […]
Victoria Ward, The Telegraph Children as young as seven are developing hunchbacks and curved spines because of the hours spent bending over smart phones and tablets, a chiropractor has claimed. Dr James Carter warned that he had seen an “alarming […]
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