Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...

A new “infant room” is offering parents the option of free childcare in Woodland and expanding services provided by the YMCA.

More than 300 child-care facilities are closed amid the L.A. fires, sending thousands of families scrambling to find care.

According to a new state report, some Tennessee parents are choosing not to work because they can’t afford child care.

Work will begin Saturday to transform a vacant lot in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood into a new 32,000-square-foot child care ...

Ezeliel Crespo, 20, was arrested Jan. 22 and charged with attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child, his 6-week ...

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The first Safe Haven Baby Box in Northwest Missouri is installed and soon will be available if a new parent is in a crisis.

An intensive care pediatrician at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland and the chief medical examiner who consulted ...

Only one Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar, voted for a measure that would require care for children who survive an abortion attempt.

Pa., and other Senate Democrats blocked the advance of the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" in the chamber.

Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” would have guaranteed equal protection under the law for “any infant born alive ...