A study published in The Lancet projects that by 2050, nearly 260 million Americans, including 43.1 million children and ...

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TennCare – the state Medicaid program that pays the medical bills of 1.4 million low-income Tennesseans – is seeking a $975 ...

A grassroots food assistance programme in Brazil that grew out of the pandemic is now trying to counter obesity and other ...

Experts in Europe certainly think so, saying there’s a need for a Europe-wide effort that integrates data on children’s ...

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The honor recognizes an early-career investigator who has demonstrated a significant contribution in furthering the understanding of the causes, consequences, treatment or prevention of childhood ...

Tiny Frankford has five churches, three schools, one fire company and now – thanks to local money and state grants – ...