Social Media is a Profound Risk to Youth, Surgeon General Warns
The United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, issued a public advisory on Tuesday …
The United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, issued a public advisory on Tuesday …
Therapists must look at the range of experiences a client is having, when they occur …
How the reporter Matt Richtel spoke to adolescents and parents for this series. In mid-April, I …
Juul Labs, fighting for its survival in the United States, on Tuesday tentatively agreed to …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine be used …
The agency ruled against the companys application to stay on the market, a decisive blow to a once-popular vaping brand that appealed to teenagers.
With THC levels close to 100 percent, todays cannabis products are making some teenagers highly dependent and dangerously ill.
More teenagers than ever are seeking transitions, but the medical community that treats them is deeply divided about why and what to do to help them.
New estimates based on C.D.C. health surveys point to a stark generational shift in the growth of the transgender population of the United States.
American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town.
Antibody levels rose in the children who received it, suggesting the vaccine protects against infection. But the data were gathered before the arrival of Omicron.
Around the country, the setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like this doctors office in Kentucky, the next patient arriving every 15 minutes.
With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.
But the study, which began in 2013, may not fully reflect whats happening today, when many more children are identifying as trans.