Decades after a landmark study showed the lasting health effects of such trauma, researchers are finding ways to guard ...

Jacinto Mendez sentenced to 12.5 years for child sex abuse in a case emphasizing LA's fight against such crimes.

In the 18th Lok Sabha, only two questions were about the Juvenile Justice Act, and none asked how states plan to actually ...

A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in jail for sexually abusing a minor, the City Attorney’s Office announced Monday, touting the case as an example of its efforts to crack down on people ...

When Rachel Marshall was growing up in Virginia, her parents kept a magnet on the refrigerator from a national homeschooling advocacy group, with a phone number to call if local school officials tried ...

It’s a bad viral season in the state, and the number of children immunized against COVID has declined sharply.

Egypt’s lack of reliable data on children’s internet use and online risks is hindering efforts to draft effective legislation ...

Sri Lanka has since independence continuously remained a democratic state. Despite four attempts (thrice by insurgent groups and once by a group of military officers) to change the nature of the state ...

Alex Honnold’s daring climb of Taipei 101 sheds light on the EPA’s recent break from valuing human lives in Clean Air Act ...

Family separation, foster care, displacement, changes in guardianship – these are only a few possible outcomes for children ...

Researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have developed the first-ever lab-grown mini-stomach that contains ...

Despite laws in place to safeguard their rights, many women who go on maternity leave return to find themselves pushed out of ...