Children raised in rural environments who spend a lot of time outdoors with some exposure to animals grow to have better regulated immune systems than children living in urban environments, a new ...

Pro-environmental behavior increases among school students who participate in insect-related citizen science projects, according to new research from the University of Adelaide. Students who ...

Getting people to change their behavior is a challenging task. From the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment to the Piano Stair Experiment, scientists have been trying to understand what motivates people ...

This workshop will explore the vulnerabilities of different life stages to environmental exposures, summarizing gaps in our knowledge of these vulnerabilities and the implications of the science to ...

The Pediatric and Reproductive Environmental Health Scholars (PREHS) program trains pediatric healthcare providers, obstetricians and gynecologists, and other healthcare professionals to address ...

The effects of air pollution on kids "should have parents up in arms" to force changes in air pollution regulations, a reader said. Experts say children exposed to high air pollution levels can lose ...

California’s wildfire season gets worse every year for Avroh S. The smoke and grime that envelopes the 14-year-old’s home in Palo Alto heralds coughing fits and congestion that make it difficult to ...