The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from ...
Amid skyrocketing rates of poor mental health among US youth, nearly 15% of children received mental health treatment in 2021, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The mortality rate for children and teens in the United States surged in 2020 and 2021, driven not by deaths from Covid-19 but from fatal injuries from things like firearms, drugs and cars, according ...
Fatal overdoses involving fentanyl have surged in recent years in the US and new research shows that deaths among children have increased significantly, mirroring trends among adults. More than 5,000 ...
The short time span from mid-August to mid-September of 2021 was a particularly grim chapter for at-risk children in New York City. Julissia Batties. Legacy Beauford. Aisyn Gonzalez. Jace Eubanks. All ...