Topic: United States
More than half of children's car seats sold in the United States contain hazardous chemicals, according to a study published Wednesday by a non-profit environmental group.Sixty percent of 150 car seats tested by the Michigan-based Ecology Center were found to contain chemicals ...
Birth control pills should be provided to women free of charge under US health insurance plans, a non-governmental health policy advisory group urged on Tuesday.Contraceptives and counseling to prevent unintended pregnancies, DNA tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) and lactation services for new ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When children are involved in a car accident, they are less likely to be injured if grandma or grandpa are driving rather than mom or dad, a new study suggests.The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, looked ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pregnant women who are exposed to coal smoke and pesticides are up to four times more likely to have babies with serious birth defects than women not exposed to these chemicals, a Chinese study has found.The researchers studied ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City law forcing non-medical pregnancy centers to disclose what kind of services they offer was frozen on Wednesday by a U.S. judge, who said the law would violate anti-abortion centers free speech rights.The law, which ...
AUSTIN (Reuters) - Texans love to brag about how everything is bigger in the Lone Star State. Now they have proof, with the birth of a baby boy who weighed a whopping 16 pounds and one ounce.JaMichael Brown's weight was more than ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma lawmaker said on Wednesday he planned to introduce a "Caylee's law" in his state requiring parents to swiftly report the death or disappearance of a child in the first legislation stemming from the death of the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama, whose Kenyan father left his family when the future U.S. president was 2 years old, said Saturday he still thinks about how things would have worked out had his dad been there."I felt his absence. And I ...
New American fathers are increasingly torn between the demands of their busy careers and the responsibilities of parenthood, according to a study released Wednesday.The Boston College Center for Work & Family studied nearly 1,000 fathers who are "white collar workers" in large ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Many fathers these days want it all -- time with kids, promotions at work and a spouse who shares the parenting duties.But some say they would trade in their commute and office gig for a stay-at-home role.With Father's Day ...
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