Last weekend an infant in Chicago died after testing positive for COVID-19. A 1-year-old in Colorado experienced seizures due to a high fever, and was presumed to have COVID-19. Newborn babies whose mothers were COVID-19-positive have also tested positive for the disease, a study reported.

Sam Occhiogrosso showed Jimmy a cake decorating technique, and told him about his time on the Kids Baking Championship.

New technology. Same furry faces. When Apple was thinking about what kind of children’s TV programming it wanted on its new streaming service, it doubled down on two multi-generational crowd-pleasers — Snoopy and “Sesame Street.” Apple TV Plus has carved out prominent roles for Charlie Brown’s floppy-eared beagle and for puppets from the famed Sesame Workshop in its slate...

If you’re the parent of a baby, a study out last week may have left you nervous about all the food you put in your little one’s mouth. The new report from a consumer advocacy group found that 95 percent of 168 commercial baby foods tested contained toxic heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium, and one in four...

A Massachusetts woman who owns a vehicle that plowed into a group of children and fled the scene this weekend is declining to talk to police. Police in Stoneham have been investigating a hit-and-run crash that left four children injured Sunday evening, sending two of them to the hospital. Tuesday, a spokesperson said the Stoneham Police Department had identified the...

A man was charged Sunday in the deaths of his girlfriend and her two young sons in their Staten Island home, police said.

A man was charged Sunday in the deaths of his girlfriend and her two young sons in their Staten Island home, police said.

A mother and her two kids were found dead in a “smoke-filled” home on Staten Island in an incident police are investigating as a homicide.

Hundreds of thousands of students in more than 100 countries skipped school Friday to demand action on climate change. Kids in more than 1,200 cities across the globe are protesting a failure of governments to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. The “Friday’s for Future” rallies were one of the biggest international climate change actions yet.

Cabbage patch dolls, pillow pets and Nerf guns may seem like a good holiday gift for children, but one group is saying otherwise.

As the U.S. government said it had reunited every immigrant family it could, Josefina Ortiz Corrales remained in an immigration detention center and her adopted son in the care of her elder daughter. Paulina Gutierrez was in her hometown in Guatemala, earning less than $2 a day preparing strings for candle wicks while praying for the quick return of her...

At the Proton Therapy Center in St. Louis, Missouri cancer is in for a fight. It’s not 11-year-old William Cosby lying on the patient table, it’s the Black Panther. Child Life Specialist Hannah Heimos wanted to empower kids who have to wear masks during proton therapy.

Legendary “Lawrence of Arabia” actor Omar Sharif is battling Alzheimer’s disease, his agent Steve Kenis confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday.

This cute Twitter video that has gone viral shows a little 2-year-old playing catch with a neighbor’s dog over their fence. The dog and child play together every time they’re both outside at the same time.

Gabriel Canas, a bus driver from El Salvador who fled his homeland after members of MS-13 stormed his bus, did an initial screening interview for asylum under the worst circumstances. He hadn’t spoken to his 9-year-old daughter since the Border Patrol separated them two weeks earlier. And in that time, he had been moved repeatedly from one detention facility to...

The Association of Camp Nursing provides tips for keeping your child healthy and safe during their summer camp adventures.

YouTube is overhauling its kid-focused video app to give parents the option of letting humans, not computer algorithms, select what shows their children can watch. The updates that begin rolling out Thursday are a response to complaints that the YouTube Kids app has repeatedly failed to filter out disturbing content.

These kids from California were really excited to see their first snow in Southington this morning. Credit: Tamara Lathrop  

Facebook is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents. The free app is aimed at kids under 13, who can’t yet have their own accounts under Facebook’s rules, though they often do. Messenger Kids comes with a slew of controls for parents. The service won’t let children add their...

Residents are putting out teal pumpkins to help kids with allergies know where they can find treats they can enjoy.