Tag: child

How to protect yourself from the smoke caused by L.A. wildfires

You don’t have to live close to a wildfire to be affected by its smoke. With severe winds fanning the fires ...

FDA sets limits for lead in many baby foods as California disclosure law takes effect

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week set maximum levels for lead in baby foods such as jarred fruits and vegetables,...

What a new study does — and doesn't — say about fluoride and its link to IQ

A new report linking fluoridated drinking water to lower IQ scores in children is sure to ratchet up the debate over a...

Commentary: This cancer vaccine should spare future generations from ordeals like my wife's

Just five months after giving birth to our third (and final) child in 2015, my wife experienced something odd: Her smile became...

Gov. Newsom declares emergency in California after CDC confirms severe case of bird flu in Louisiana

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as the H5N1 bird flu virus moved from the Central Valley to Southern...

Abcarian: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster

Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs became weak,...