18+ hour, 7+ min ago  (373+ words) When author Bruce Handy's son Isaac was about four years old, he loved and lost an orange balloon. "He'd been upset," the older Handy remembers, "and he had promised to himself one day if he ever got a pet, he…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (333+ words) Kentucky has a specific alert system, called Ian Alerts to help find young people with autism or other mental disabilities who go missing and could be in danger. Wendy Wheeler-Mullins is a board member of the Autism Society of the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (274+ words) The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says transgender youth should wait until age 19 to have any surgeries. Surgery is already rarely performed for transgender young people. Plastic surgeons say transgender youth should wait until age 19 for surgery The American Society…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1009+ words) Over the past several decades, a hopeful story has played out across southern Uganda. The number of children who've lost a parent has plummeted, from nearly one in four in the early 2000s to just 6% in 2022." New research suggests the decline…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (659+ words) One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half " from nearly 10 million deaths a year to under 5 million deaths…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (884+ words) Our minds work in different ways. Despite all the research into our brains, a lot has yet to be discovered. But in recent years, many people have championed a way to describe some of what we do know. And that…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (199+ words) A $50 million donation is going to UK Healthcare's children's hospital. The University of Kentucky states that it's one of the largest gifts in its history. Officials at UK announced the gift during a livestream on Tuesday morning. It's being donated…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (659+ words) Gus and Beckham are two therapy dogs trained to let strangers pet them and shake their paws. If there are smiles all around and some laughter, the dogs have done their job. Radiation Oncologist Dr. Alan Beckman has Gus on…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1117+ words) David Nayfeld, a professional chef, always loved cooking with his daughter, Helena. But after he became a single dad in 2021 and'then had shared custody of her,'the activity took on new importance. He realized that being in the kitchen with…...