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.

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

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

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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.

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

Child care facilities in the southwest Minnesota region continue to experience a shortage. Ghent’s Little Explorers center ...