Children's toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead in them, according to a California-based advocacy group — a

A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their

The next time you sneeze you may find yourself wondering if this young girl is too. 

Authorities are investigating the death of six newborns at a government hospital in southern India over allegations of equipment failure and staff negligence.

Australian neurosurgeons have begun a complicated surgery to separate twin sisters who are joined at the top of the head.
 

When Melinda Roberts is watching animated movies with her kids -- 7, 9, and 11 -- she'll help them recognize voice actors and talk about the creation process

Kids like Gigi, some as young as 3, can take seven-week long sessions with names such as Charlie and the Chakra Factory and the Wizard of Ohm.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak was first reported at a boys camp in Sullivan County, N.Y.

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence.

Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European

Microsoft is developing a camera called SenseCam, which automatically captures photos of everything you see and do all day.

Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current

A single dose of the swine flu vaccine works well for almost all pregnant women, but young children will still need two doses for best results, federal health

Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April.