Kids are getting smartphones at much younger ages than many experts recommend. How to handle it
Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is...
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More young people in California struggling with anxiety, stress and social media, study finds
Credit: Pexels / Cottonbro Studio Top Takeaways More California youth report poor mental health compared to 2023. Top stressors include...
Social media use linked to lower reading, memory scores in preteens : Shots
Juliana Belo Gutierrez/iStockphoto/Getty Images Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in...
The key health bills California Gov. Newsom signed this week focused on how technology is impacting kids
New laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aim to make the artificial intelligence and social media landscape in California safer,...
Exposure to any germs could’ve killed her. 11 years later, she’s living a normal life thanks to a gene therapy treatment.
Two months after she was born, Eliana Nachem got a cough that wouldn’t go away. Three weeks later, she also...
Judge upholds North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids
BISMARCK, N.D. – A North Dakota judge has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for children, in a blow...
