Meqdad Toiaman’s father was killed in a drone strike in Marib governorate in 2011. His death was a big blow to the family, both emotionally and economically. Toiaman, 18, found himself in a peculiar situation, suddenly having to bear the burden...
The silent sniper fire of overdoses from pills and heroin that has been picking people off one at a time in increasing numbers all over the country for almost twenty years has hit Staten Island harder than anyplace else in the city. For a number of...
Focusing on relationships and taking a mixed approach to care are crucial to improving the mental health treatment of looked-after children, a report from the NSPCC has found. Tackling the question, ‘What works in preventing and treating poor...
A June 2014 report from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families finds that adolescent girls involved with child welfare services are at especially high risk of harmful sexual behaviors and...
Brains, which generate all behaviours as well as thoughts and emotions, don’t exist in isolation. Rather, they’re in a dynamic bidirectional interplay with our bodies. This has major implications for the health of both our brains and...
Using Philadelphia as an example, you can see it's a lot cheaper to educate than it is to incarcerate. So, ummm ... why are we cutting education spending? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? For more go to ...
More than 200,000 immigrants who bought insurance through President Barack Obama's health care initiative could lose their coverage this month if they don't submit proof this week they are legally in the country, but language barriers and computer...
African American families experience the death of a new mother three to four times more often than white families. Public health experts estimate that half of these deaths are avoidable and the ratio has not changed since the 1940s. At the same time,...
This is part of a special Upworthy series on shaping a new language around human rights through the power of storytelling, made possible by the Open Society Foundations. Read more about our sponsors policy. For more go to ...
A study published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that children and adolescents diagnosed with a psychiatric diagnosis had an increased risk of developing diabetes if they...
Being subjected to abuse during childhood entails a markedly increased risk of developing obesity as an adult. This is the conclusion of a meta-analysis carried out on previous studies, which included a total of 112,000 participants. The analysis was...
The opening of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s universal pre-kindergarten program this week will give 53,000 children access to free, full-day pre-K in New York City, compared with 20,000 enrolled last year. This is well worth celebrating, and other...
T his blog post is one of several written by Dr. David Nichols, president of the American Board of Pediatrics: Thanks to all of you who responded to my last post about the mental health crisis among American children. Your comments confirm...
Gay foster youths are twice as likely to report being treated poorly by the foster care system than their straight counterparts, according to a new study of Los Angeles County's foster care system. They have more foster care placements, are...
They are wrenched from abusive homes, uprooted again and again, often with their life’s belongings stuffed into a trash bag. Abandoned and alone, they are among California’s most powerless children. But instead of providing a stable...