Parents value after-school programs, but demand far exceeds available capacity, particularly among low- and middle-income families, a new report finds. Families want after-school programming for about ...

Many museums around the country have had children’s programs for years — but they are on the rise now more than ever. By Shivani Vora This article is part of our Museums special section about how ...

Generous anti-poverty programs may help narrow gaps in mental health and brain development between children living in low- versus high-income households, a new study finds. The analysis, published in ...

The development of monoclonal antibodies—human immune proteins that can provide rapid, passive protection against some infectious diseases—is progressing quickly and holds great promise for expanding ...

All children are born ready to learn, but for 15 million children living in poverty in America, they enter school unready to succeed. Before even walking through the classroom door, American children ...

A 30-year-old effort that mobilized families to get routine vaccines for children will save a million lives and trillions of dollars, a new analysis found. The Vaccines for Children program, ...

Vaccines are a safe and highly effective way to prevent common diseases that used to seriously harm or even kill infants, children and adults. When children have all their recommended vaccines on ...

“I had just graduated from [George Mason University] and was looking for a volunteer opportunity,” said Chantilly resident Nancy Portee. “I was looking for something that I thought would make an ...