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HealthYahoo News 360Young kids’ COVID vaccines create approval dilemma for FDA
Two doses of Pfizer's vaccine showed mixed results in trials, but the agency is considering approving it anyways in anticipation that a future third shot will provide children with strong immunity.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Can Biden's child tax credit be revived?
The groundbreaking program that gave millions of American families monthly checks from the federal government expired at the end of the year.
LifestyleYahoo News 360Should we be telling kids the truth about Santa?
Social scientists have been studying the effects of the Santa myth for more than a century, but the question of whether the legend is a hurtful lie or just harmless fun is still up for debate.
U.S.Yahoo News 360Should parents be held accountable for their kids' gun violence?
Prosecutors in Michigan have taken the nearly unprecedented step of charging the parents of an alleged school shooter with involuntary manslaughter.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Can Biden’s child tax credit really cut child poverty in half?
The president has said the monthly checks will have a transformational impact on American families, but skeptics fear those who need the help the most could be left out.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Universal pre-K: Common sense or calamity?
President Biden has proposed providing free schools to all 3-and-4-year-olds, but critics say the plan would do more harm than good.
WorldYahoo News 360The COVID baby bust and the risks of declining birth rates
Americans are having fewer babies. It could spell disaster for the U.S. economy.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Cash for kids: Emerging plans to fight child poverty
Two plans have emerged in Washington that take widely different approaches to achieving the same goal: combating child poverty by sending parents money every month.
NewsYahoo NewsHarvard research: Impact of poverty begins in the womb, but it doesn't have to
Scientific evidence shows that the toxic stresses of poverty can affect the brains of babies in the womb — but also that they can be reversed with some radical shifts to our approach to prenatal care. It's the subject of a new mini-documentary from Yahoo News, "Baby Brain."
LifestyleYahoo News'Barometer of despair': Birthrate falls as millennials fear climate apocalypse
The U.S. birthrate is currently at its lowest in 32 years, with 2018 being the fourth consecutive year of decline. Usually births increase at times of economic stability, so these latest numbers have led demographers to wonder what else is on prospective parents’ minds.
LifestyleYahoo News VideoHow a CNN journalist fought for better paid paternity leave — and won
Journalist Josh Levs has been at the forefront of the paid paternity leave movement since he took on his then employer CNN for longer paid paternity leave and won. It eventually led to Time Warner’s revolutionizing its parental leave policy, giving a total of six weeks of paid paternity leave.
CelebrityGood Morning AmericaBaby who went on cross-country road trip during mom's maternity leave reaches 50th and final state
Harper Yeats, the baby who embarked on a 4-month road trip across the country, may have just become the youngest member of the All 50 States Club. On Thursday, Harper, 5 months old, crossed the border of Vermont -- making the Green Mountain State her 50th and final destination. "We arrived at approximately 4:30 pm ET," mom Cindy Lim wrote to "Good Morning America" in a Facebook message on Oct. 18 after their arrival.
NewsYahoo LifeSandy Hook mom and dad speak out in rare interview: 'You don’t heal from grief'
Five years ago, JoAnn and Joel Bacon's daughter, Charlotte, was killed at school in Sandy Hook. Now they share what their grief has been like since.
NewsYahoo NewsAdoption through foster care on the rise: 'Every child deserves a childhood'
A new national survey is offering hope for American kids waiting to be adopted: More people than ever are becoming parents in nonbiological ways, according to a new report.
NewsRedbookChrissy Teigen and 10 Other Celebs Who Have Opened Up About Postpartum Depression
These star mamas were open about the often-isolating illness. From Redbook
NewsRedbookIs The Middle Child Syndrome a Myth or Do Parents Need To Take It Seriously?
Attention parents of three or more kids: We've got good news and bad news...
NewsRedbook15 Fascinating Facts You've Never Heard About August-Born Babies
Whether you're an August baby yourself or you're about to have one, these things may surprise you. From Redbook
NewsWoman's DayPeople Can't Get Enough of This 9-Year-Old Boy with Down Syndrome Belting Whitney Houston
Prepare for your hearts to melt!
NewsRedbookHow Hilaria Baldwin Got Back In Shape After 3 Babies
She shares her best tips for healthy living and yoga moves for new moms.
NewsRedbook7 Birth Photographers Reveal the Coolest Thing They've Seen In the Delivery Room
When you've witnessed as many births as they have, you're bound to experience some pretty cool moments.
NewsRedbookPeta Murgatroyd Says She "Didn't Recognize" Her Body After Her Son Was Born
The 'Dancing With the Stars' pro has been incredibly candid about her post-baby body struggles.
NewsRedbookGisele Bündchen Says She Makes Her Kids Eat a Mostly Plant-Based Diet Because It's "Good for the Environment"
It's good for their health, too, obviously.
NewsRedbookThis Woman Was Supposed to Die from Cancer, But Now She Has 3 Kids
"It didn't look good," Ashley Hallford said.
NewsYahoo Life‘Marijuana Saved My Pregnancy:’ How Safe Is Pot for Moms-to-Be?
American women are increasingly ingesting marijuana during their pregnancies to stop morning sickness and other conditions, including anxiety and depression.
NewsYahoo LifeHow to Talk to Your Teen About Marijuana
Some rules of thumb, according to experts who spoke with Yahoo Beauty, are to start early, be direct and honest, and have good timing.
“Left unchecked, if artificial intelligence reaches cognition … it will be fueled by some of the most inhumane impulses of humanity.”
“Now is the time to stop and think — before our technology outstrips us once again.”
“I don't want to talk about sentient robots, because at all ends of the spectrum there are humans harming other humans.”
“Minds can take different forms … We should avoid reducing questions about AIs to ‘Can AIs think and feel like us?’”
“To identify sentience, or consciousness, or even intelligence, we’re going to have to work out what they are.”