Reading to your 1- and 2-year old boosts their vocabulary, study finds

Sharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won’t, Norwegian researchers report. Their new study on shared reading and vocabulary size dovetails

Addressing health equity in childhood asthma requires engaging affected communities

A new American Thoracic Society report provides practical frameworks to begin the research necessary to make real progress in treating asthma in Black and Latino children. Credit: ATS Systemic racism

Signals of inflammation during pregnancy linked to aging and memory changes 50 years later

An estimated 13.8 million people in the U.S. will have Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by 2050, two thirds of whom are projected to be women. The brain circuitry underlying memory is