Counties from Alameda to Santa Clara are increasingly using voter-approved taxes to stabilize funding for services once heavily supported by federal dollars.

If you’re a parent, you want your child to be healthy. You’ll do whatever it takes to get your child the care he or she needs. To do that, maybe you sign up for your employer’s insurance plan, or use a health savings account for your family.

Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and toddler health. The first three years of a child’s life mark ...

Despite great advances in medicine and developmental science, pediatric health care has not evolved to address many of the current critical challenges to child and adolescent health. There is growing need to transform policies, practices and norms and ...

The field of pediatric nursing encompasses a broad spectrum of care that goes beyond physical health to incorporate the emotional, psychological, and developmental needs of children. Contemporary approaches are directed towards child-centred care, where ...

Both families and their employers feel the burden. Miami-Dade’s economy loses nearly $1 billion annually because of workers’ child care issues, according to The Women’s Fund.