A cornerstone of 19th century welfare reform, the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, had a devastating impact on child health and rural life expectancy in England and Wales, says a new study. The authors ...

Research on what are called "adverse childhood experiences" (ACEs) is showing that there is a shortlist of five things that happen to children when they are with their families that are very likely to ...

For children who are hospitalized, the experience can feel especially scary, filled with unknowns in an unfamiliar place. Thankfully, children's hospitals have teams dedicated to making the experience ...