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• What Parents Need to Know About Teens and Concussions

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• What's the Best Treatment for a Child's Broken Bone?

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• When Chronic Pain Leads to Depression in Kids

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• When it Comes to Classroom Performance, Praising Kids Works Best

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• When Parents, Grandparents Don't Agree on Childrearing Choices

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• When Teens Feel Loved, Conflicts With Parents Are Easier to Manage: Study

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• When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike

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• Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?

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• Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important

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• Why Is COVID-19 Sometimes So Severe in Young Adults?

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• Why Teens Find It Tough to Social Distance

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• Why Your Kids' Playground Is Unsafe During COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk

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• Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study

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• Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?

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• Will Schools Reopen in September? And What Will That Look Like?

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• Will the Lights of Fireflies Be Extinguished?

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• Will Warmer Temps Help Contain Coronavirus? Two Studies Say Not Really

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• Will Your Kid Play School Sports This Fall? Here's Some Guidance on Doing It Safely

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• With COVID Vaccine in Works, 1 in 5 Americans Doesn't Believe in Shots

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• With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger

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• With Pandemic-Related Stress, Abuse Against Kids Can Surge

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• With Pot Rules Relaxed, More U.S. Teens Driving While High: Study

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• With Safety Steps, Moms Unlikely to Pass COVID-19 to Newborns: Study

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• With Tighter Handgun Laws, U.S. Would See Fewer Suicides by Young People

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• Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey

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• Worried About Catching Coronavirus From Surfaces? The City You Live in May Matter

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• Young Epilepsy Patients May Benefit From Mental Health Screening

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• Young People More Vulnerable to Loneliness Than Thought

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• Young Republicans Much Less Likely to Wear Masks, Social Distance: Study

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• Your Guide to a Safe and Happy Halloween

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• Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study

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• Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking

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• Zika May Have Damaged More Infants' Brains Than Expected

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• Zika Virus Tied to Profound Developmental Delays