Failure to vaccinate newborns with the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine puts them at serious risk of developing ...

A clear, consistent and emotionally neutral approach is often more effective over time than trying to persuade or plead.

Delayed access to care often leads to more severe illness, greater emergency department use, and higher health care costs.

Kenya is set to benefit from a US$450 million (Sh 58.5 billion) funding boost aimed at accelerating global polio eradication ...

A multi-state probe uncovered two major schemes, both operating out of Charlotte and crossing state lines. In the first case, ...

For years, a 98-year-old veteran and a deaf-mute couple in the central province of Ha Tinh have dreamed of a sturdy home, but ...

Based on the best US data sources currently available, disability rates of non-institutionalized children have at least doubled since 1960. Thus, regardless of the exact definition or magnitude ...

Most children grow up, leave the household, and become independent. For some disabled children, however, care may be life long–extending in some cases beyond the parents' death. Even when a ...

Texas has been violating federal law for decades by sequestering individuals with severe disabilities in poorly run nursing homes without offering them alternative living options and services in ...

Globally, it is estimated that there are nearly 20 million children under five with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) — the worst level of undernourishment — and the majority of these live in South Asia ...

Depression may become so severe that you can no longer go to work. Depression is considered a psychiatric disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It’s a significant mood ...

ADHD is not a learning disability. However, ADHD symptoms, like difficulty concentrating or hyperactivity, can affect your ability to learn. Some research suggests that children with ADHD may also ...