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A new study reveals distinct developmental and genetic pathways for early versus late autism diagnoses, challenging previous ...

Experts recommend introducing peanuts to infants to prevent allergies, with a new study showing a 43 percent lower ...

Parents can play an active role in protecting their children’s long-term vision by adopting these expert-recommended daily ...

An innovative 15-minute blood test which can fast-track the diagnosis of children with potentially life-threatening conditions is being trialled by the NHS this winter.

Children growing up in violent homes are frequently ignored or turned away by the services that should be helping them.

As an American medical resident in a global health program in Uganda 12 years ago, Dr. Ross Boyce saw the devastating toll of ...

Jess Farnham put herself on a week-long "digital detox" when she realised her screen time was getting out of control - and ...

A look at KEA data from the last several school years shows relatively steady rates of students marked as overall "ready" for ...

They represent a growing number of older adults contributing to medical research not because they’re sick, but because they ...

Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico, a floating cartoon face shaped like a blob or flame ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Oct. 20-24. The ...