Federal regulators are warning about a rise in young children drowning as families spend more time around the water during ...

Eight children have died in hot cars so far this year. Learn how to prevent these tragedies as summer heat intensifies.

In response to the prison sentencing of the parents of 3-year-old Joycelynn Dylewski of Corinth, state lawmakers want new legislation that would increase the maximum sentence for the negligent ...

Destiny Avila and Leon Johnson will both spend more than four decades in prison. Investigators said their nine-month-old girl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A memorial honoring San Carlos Apache teen Emily Pike can be seen at the intersection of Mesa Drive and McKellips Road in Mesa, ...

The overall death rate of children and adolescents in the United States increased 6.6% between 2020 and 2023, researchers reported on May 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Many of the top ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina's infant mortality rate declined in 2024, but racial disparities remained. (Photo: Getty Images) North Carolina had ...

No child deaths have been definitively linked to Covid vaccines, according to a report from the Food and Drug Administration that was quietly made public last week. Subscribe to read this story ...

For the first time this century, the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday is projected to rise, according to a new study published by the Gates Foundation. A key factor ...

Three women were arrested on drug charges in Mingo County amid an active child death investigation, court records said.Tonya ...

Many Pennsylvania counties are failing to review the death of every child in their area, despite a 2008 state law that requires them to do so. The problem, advocates and program participants say, is a ...