Even as the U.S. birth rate continues a slow but steady descent, now at a record low of 1.6 births per woman, American adults ...

A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead in an armed ...

Like Ms. McKay, a growing number of U.S. adults say they are unlikely to raise children, according to a study released on Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

This unique number for each child will be similar to National Insurance numbers for adults. Providing a consistent indentifier helping people responsible for safeguarding and welfare of children ...

These first initiatives now need to be followed by global efforts. To figure out the number of children orphaned by COVID, we examined estimates of excess deaths for every country in the world.

Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. No group of kids has been spared, but some have fared far worse.