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Kelauni Cook wants to address every inch of the pipeline for black technology professionals.She’s co-director for Academy Pittsburgh's Beta Builders…
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On the last Friday in 2017, about two dozen young children are gathered at the Hatch Art Studio in Point Breeze. School is out for the holidays and 7-year…
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Allegheny County begins mandatory blood testing for lead in small children Jan. 1. Under the new law, children will be tested once between the ages of 9…
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Pennsylvania’s top health official visited the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Friday to introduce new guidelines for prescribing painkillers to kids.…
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When a parent has health insurance through Medicaid, their child is 29 percent more likely to receive an annual physical exam.That’s according to a new…
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A dozen captivated kids surrounded Akasha Lestat Van-Cartier, whose blue ball gown sparkled as she read: “I am thankful for my hair, because it makes me…
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For decades in the 20th Century, the U.S. treated children differently than adults in the criminal court system -- experts at the time believed kids were…
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Black girls in the Pittsburgh region are 11 times more likely than white girls to have contact with the juvenile justice system, according to a 2016…
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Nearly half of children in Pennsylvania had at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, according to a a new study by the Robert Wood Johnson…
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A Senate committee has moved a bill to reauthorize Pennsylvania’s Children’s Health Insurance Program—or CHIP.CHIP has existed for decades in…