1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (475+ words) Children, with their growing lungs, take in more breaths and larger amounts of air in proportion to their size than the average adult. This makes the hazardous air quality across Michigan caused by the Canadian wildfires especially dangerous for youth....

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (336+ words) A new study finds a unique program has cut neonatal deaths in Flint in half. Rx Kids provides a cash stipend to expectant mothers and then a monthly stipend during a child’s first year of life. Prior to the 2024 start…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (263+ words) As summer break gets underway for Mid-Michigan schools, some parents are weighing when it is appropriate for a child to stay home alone. Michigan does not have a legal minimum age for leaving a child home alone, and experts say…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (438+ words) A new report ranks Michigan in the bottom half of states when it comes to child well-being. Michigan’s 34th place ranking puts it last in the Midwest. The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Book based that on factors like…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (466+ words) WKAR - On Air Now Playing WKAR NewsTalk - AM 870 | 102.3 FM - On Air Now Playing WKAR Radio Reading Service Robin Pizzo: Youth and mental health wellness May is Mental Health Awareness Month and May 9 is proclaimed as Mental Health Day for Children,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (297+ words) Join WKAR for a community conversation exploring the mental health wellbeing of today’s youth. Presented during national Mental Health Awareness month, the evening addresses the challenges, opportunities and community supports shaping young people’s mental health across mid-Michigan and includes the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (442+ words) Advocates pushed Michigan lawmakers to address racial differences in maternal healthcare this week. The activism is part of Black Maternal Health Week, celebrated in Michigan and around the country. State numbers show Black women in the state die during childbirth…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago  (405+ words) MARTY MAKARY: Great to be with you, Juana. SUMMERS: So, I mean, this black box warning that we're talking about, it's been in place on all estrogen treatments for more than two decades, since back in 2003. The timing - why remove…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (456+ words) Each week, a well-known guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. For more than four decades, Weird Al Yankovic has been a hero to weirdos everywhere, and his favorite part…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (581+ words) A set of Michigan bills aimed at lowering the cost of child care received a hearing Tuesday before the state Senate Housing and Human Services Committee. The bills would ease regulations and codify the Tri-Share program, in which the state…...