New research has found a surprising physical reaction when hearing a baby's cry. Scientists found that hearing an infant in distress activates the autonomic nervous system—the body's unconscious ...

ALABAMA (WHNT) — A law taking effect in Alabama next week is meant to make purchasing menstrual and maternity products a little cheaper. About 16% of Alabama families live below the poverty line, ...

New research reveals that tiny amounts of PFAS—widely known as "forever chemicals"—cross the placenta and breast milk to alter infants' developing immune systems, potentially leaving lasting imprints ...

Agnes is stuck. She works and lives in the same sleepy New England college town where she went to grad school, living in a big, drafty-looking rental house. She’s got an enviable teaching position at ...

The 18-inch balloons were too big after all. It was the morning of my baby shower and the car was moderately packed with flowers, drinks, and sandwich boxes when my husband approached with these ...

Bunnie Xo says her second round of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments have brought some of the most debilitating side effects yet. She admits that she's thought about reconsidering this path to ...

In 1993 an appealing idea took new parents by storm. Playing classical music to babies would make them smarter, according to a paper published in the journal Nature. The study showed that a few dozen ...

At first glance, Alec Van Khajadourian may come across as your typical Encino pre-schooler: He loves playing video games, experimenting with cameras and running around his parents’ house with his ...

As egg prices continue to rise in Colorado and across the country, some people have decided to raise their own chickens and produce their own egg supply. One animal sanctuary is offering a warning to ...

PBS Kids is preparing to teach children about the joys of jazz. A special and a series of shorts based on author Kwame Alexander’s “Acoustic Rooster” book is coming to the network in May, TheWrap has ...

RACINE, Wisc. -- A victory for a Racine family. The drug Pitocin, commonly used in childbirth, was found to be at the root of lasting brain damage for their daughter. Now, almost six years later, a ...