teens

California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent under a proposal introduced Friday by a state senator who said youngsters “deserve the right to protect themselves” against infectious disease.

Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens using its photo sharing app Instagram to take a break, and nudging them if they repeatedly look at the same content that’s not conducive to their well-being.

Police have arrested three teenagers after being led on a car chase with a stolen vehicle in Bridgeport. Authorities said four teens fled from officers in a stolen vehicle from the Boston/Pembroke area to Waltersville School on Waterview Avenue on Sunday. The teens then fled from the vehicle on foot. Three of the teens were taken into custody, but...

A teenager who said Afghanistan is the “darkest” place in the world for women and girls is desperately trying to flee the country with the assistance of Chicago-area residents and a non-profit organization.

The number of U.S. emergency room visits for suspected suicide attempts by teen girls jumped during the COVID-19 pandemic by as much as 51 percent, according to a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A 17-year-old young man from Naugatuck on medication and he is being monitored after doctors discovered he had pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining outside the heart, and it was discovered soon after he received a COVID-19 vaccine.

At least 18 teens and young adults in Connecticut have shown symptoms of heart problems after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, acting health commissioner Dr. Deirdre Gifford said Monday. Gifford said all but one of the young adults hospitalized for signs of heart problems have been released. Four of those young residents were hospitalized at Yale New Haven Health and three…

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge explains how to create a safe space for kids to talk about mental health.