teen health

California offers a lens on the challenges officials face in persuading parents to embrace covid shots for young children. While the state has a strong showing in overall vaccination rates, just 59% of kids 12 to 17 — eligible for a shot since May — are fully vaccinated.

In this essay, a Jacksonville mom shares her family’s experience with her 13-year-old son’s COVID diagnosis: an ongoing blur of isolation and helplessness.

Managed care plans that participate in Medicaid and the Florida KidCare program received mixed grades on a “scorecard” released Thursday by the Trump…

How teenagers envision their futures may have a big influence on whether they threaten or injure someone with a weapon, according to a new research in...