Health

FDA will target e-cigs in health campaign for youth

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will now include electronic cigarettes in a public health education campaign to discourage American youth from using tobacco and nicotine products.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Danish schools begin reopening after month-long closure

Denmark began reopening schools for younger children on Wednesday after a month-long closure to combat the novel coronavirus, becoming the first country in Europe to do so.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Should your child keep wearing a mask at school?

As schools across the state have eased their masking requirements for kids after a recent court decision, you may be wondering what the best approach is for you and your child. And now that the masking mandate in Illinois ...

Health

Parents less aware when their kids vape than when they smoke

Most parents know or suspect when their child smokes, but they are much more likely to be in the dark if the child vapes or uses other tobacco products, according to a large national study by researchers at UC San Francisco.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Fewer youth attempt suicide in states with hate crime laws

When states enact hate crime laws that protect LGBTQ populations, the rate of suicide attempts among high school students drops significantly, and not just among sexual and gender minority students, but among heterosexual ...

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